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Transcribed Image Text:You leave your house and drive to your friend's house, where you stay a while. Then you come back home.
Which of the following must be true of your trip?
O Your instantaneous velocity was never zero.
O Your net displacement was not zero.
Your acceleration was constant.
Your average speed was zero.
Your average velocity was zero.
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