A motorbike has a constant speed of 5.00 m/s along a straight line from point A to point B and then back along the line from B to A at a constant speed of 3.00 m/s. A) What is the average speed over the entire trip? B) What is the average velocity over the entire trip?

A motorbike has a constant speed of 5.00 m/s along a straight line from point A to point B and then back along the line from B to A at a constant speed of 3.00 m/s. A) What is the average speed over the entire trip? B) What is the average velocity over the entire trip?

Traffic and Highway Engineering

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Chapter3: Characteristics Of The Driver, The Pedestrian, The Bicyclist, The Vehicle, and The Road

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A motorbike has a constant speed of 5.00 m/s along a straight line from point A to point B and then back along the line from B to A at a constant speed of 3.00 m/s.

A) What is the average speed over the entire trip?

B) What is the average velocity over the entire trip?

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