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Sandra moves 14 m in 2 minutes. What is Sandra's average velocity (in m/s)?

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Velocity is displacement over time, D/T, the units for velocity is m/s. First we must convert 2 minutes to seconds. 2 minutes = 120 seconds. Our displacement is given so now we fill in the blanks

V= (displacement)/(time)

V= d/t

V= 14m/120s

V= 0.1167 m/s

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