An airplane flying directly eastward at a constant speed travels 324 km in 2.0 h.(a) What is the average velocity of the plane? km/h(b) What is its instantaneous velocity? km/h

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a)

The average velocity of an object is given by:

[tex]\begin{gathered} v=\frac{\Delta x}{t} \\ \text{ where }\Delta x\text{ is the displacement and }t\text{ is the time } \end{gathered}[/tex]

In this case we know the displacement is 324 km and the time is 2 h, then we have:

[tex]\begin{gathered} v=\frac{324}{2} \\ v=162 \end{gathered}[/tex]

Therefore, the average velocity of the plane is 162 km/h

b)

We know that the plane is flying at constant speed, this means that its average velocity and instantaneous velocity are equal, therefore, the instantaneous velocity is 162 km/h.

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