Schaum's Outline of College Physics, Twelfth Edition (Schaum's Outlines)
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ISBN: 9781259587399
Author: Eugene Hecht
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 1, Problem 22SP
A car’s odometer reads 22 687 km at the start of a trip and 22 791 km at the end. The
trip took 4.0 hours. What was the car’s average speed in km/h and in m/s?
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Schaum's Outline of College Physics, Twelfth Edition (Schaum's Outlines)
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