A car is traveling with a constant speed along a road that has a form of a square. The car starts at the beginning of one side of the square and covers two and a half sides. The speed of the car is 50 miles/hour. What is its average velocity ?   plz also show step by step on how you acquired the formula you are using to solve this problem. Thank You!

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A car is traveling with a constant speed along a road that has a form of a square. The car starts at the beginning of one side of the square and covers two and a half sides. The speed of the car is 50 miles/hour. What is its average velocity ?

 

plz also show step by step on how you acquired the formula you are using to solve this problem. Thank You!!!!

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