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A person began running due east and covered 15 km in 2.0 hr. What is the average velocity of the person?

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User Lars Levie
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ave vel = total distance/total time in a specified direction

15km/2hr due east=7.5k/h d east

User Chris Hermut
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velocity = distance / time

v = (15*1000)m / (2*60*60)s

v=2.08 m / s
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