Schaum's Outline of College Physics, Twelfth Edition (Schaum's Outlines)
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ISBN: 9781259587399
Author: Eugene Hecht
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Chapter 2, Problem 27SP
For the object whose motion is plotted in Fig. 2-2, find, as best you can, its instan-
taneous velocity at the following times: (a) 1.0 s, (b) 4.0 s, and (c) 10 s.
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