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If you divide the total distance travelled on a car trip (as determined by the odometer) by the time for the trip, are you calculating the average speed or the magnitude of the average velocity? Under what circumstances are these two quantities the same?

 

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Physics: Principles with Applications
7th Edition, 2013
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