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Starting from the front door of a ranch house, you walk
Chapter 2, Problem 5E(choose chapter or problem)
Starting from the front door of a ranch house, you walk 60.0 m due east to a windmill, turn around, and then slowly walk 40.0 m west to a bench, where you sit and watch the sunrise. It takes you 28.0 s to walk from the house to the windmill and then 36.0 s to walk from the windmill to the bench. For the entire trip from the front door to the bench, what are your (a) average velocity and (b) average speed?
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QUESTION:
Starting from the front door of a ranch house, you walk 60.0 m due east to a windmill, turn around, and then slowly walk 40.0 m west to a bench, where you sit and watch the sunrise. It takes you 28.0 s to walk from the house to the windmill and then 36.0 s to walk from the windmill to the bench. For the entire trip from the front door to the bench, what are your (a) average velocity and (b) average speed?
ANSWER:Solution 5E Let us have a look at the figure below. Let us understand your walk as shown in the figure above. (a) Your displacement = 60 m 40 m = 20 m 20 m is the shortest distance between