messenger started to bike westward along road near his office. A displacement versus time graph of his trip is shown below:    a. Find his average speed for the whole trip     b. Find his average velocity for the whole trip. 2. From the displacement versus time graph, make a sketch of the corresponding velocity versus time curve.

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1. A messenger started to bike westward along road near his office. A displacement versus time graph of his trip is shown below:

   a. Find his average speed for the whole trip

    b. Find his average velocity for the whole trip.

2. From the displacement versus time graph, make a sketch of the corresponding velocity versus time curve.

 

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Transcribed Image Text:300 200 100 t(s) 10 20 30 40 50 60 -100 -200 (u)p
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