Physics of Everyday Phenomena
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ISBN: 9781259894008
Author: W. Thomas Griffith, Juliet Brosing Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 2, Problem 7CQ
Is the average speed over several minutes more likely to be close to the instantaneous speed at any time for a car traveling in freely flowing, low-density traffic or for one traveling in high-density traffic? Explain.
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