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athlete running on a circular track of radius 5 m completes one round in 12 s. what its average speed and average displacement?

User Stretch
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Average speed = total distance/time

That's 2.62 m/s .

You don't want average displacement. You want average velocity.

That's (displacement)/(time).

That's zero, because displacement = 0.

User Kevin Walter
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