Tutorials in Introductory Physics
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Author: Peter S. Shaffer, Lillian C. McDermott
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Chapter 1.1, Problem 2eT
E. Suppose you selected two widely separated dots on the ticker tape assembled in part B. What would you call the number you would obtain if you divided the distance between the dots by the time it took the object to move between the dots?
How would you interpret this number?
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