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In heavy rush-hour traffic you drive in a straight line at 12 m/s for 1.5 minutes, then you stop for 3.5 minutes in red light signal, and finally you drive at 15 m/s for another 2.5 minutes. (a) Find the displacements for each section of time interval. (b) Plot a position-versus-time graph for this motion. Your plot should extend from t=0 to t=7.5 minutes. (c) Calculate the average velocity between t=0 and t=7.5 minutes.
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