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Why when doing a instantaneous speed experiment a stopclock will provide you with poor results
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Why when doing a instantaneous speed experiment a stopclock will provide you with poor results

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A stopwatch measures the time between two events. This will only help give you an average speed. Since instantaneous speed is the speed at one point in time, you cannot use a stopwatch to measure it.
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