College Physics (10th Edition)
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Author: Hugh D. Young, Philip W. Adams, Raymond Joseph Chastain
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Chapter 2, Problem 4P
|| BIO Figure 2.44 shows the position of a moving object as a function of time. (a) Find the average velocity of this object from points A to B, B to C, and A to C. (b) For the intervals in part (a), would the average speed be less than, equal to, or greater than the values you found in that part? Explain your reasoning.
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