University Physics (14th Edition)
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Author: Hugh D. Young, Roger A. Freedman
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Chapter 2, Problem Q2.13DQ
The official’s truck in Fig. 2.2 is at x1 = 277 m at t1 = 16.0 s and is at x2 = 19 m at t2 = 25.0 s. (a) Sketch two different possible x-t graphs for the motion of the truck. (b) Does the average velocity υav−x during the time interval from t1 to t2 have the same value for both of your graphs? Why or why not?
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