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A motorist drives north for 36.0 minutes at 65.5 km/h and then stops for 15.0 minutes. He then continues north, traveling 130 km in 2.30 h.(a) What is his total displacement?_____ km(b) What is his average velocity?_____ km/h

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\begin{gathered} Displacement=(65.5km/h\cdot36min\cdot(1h)/(60min))+130km \\ Displacement=39.3km+130km=169.3km \end{gathered}
\begin{gathered} Velocity=(169.3km)/(36min+15min+2.3h\cdot(60min)/(1h)) \\ Velocity=0.8958km/min=53.75km/h \end{gathered}

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