document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=612839>Question 612839</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> sam ran 5 miles and had both an average speed of 5mph and an average velocity of 0 mph. Explain how this is possible? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Explain how this is possible<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Velocity is the rate of change in certain direction, speed does not include direction<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Sam must have run in one direction the same distance and speed, he ran in the opposite direction. The velocity cancels out </SPAN>\n" );
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