document.write( "Question 1144009: Ricardo swims from the north end to the south end of a 50 m pool in 20.0 seconds. He makes the return trip back to the north end in 22.0 seconds. What is the magnitude of his average velocity for the whole trip? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "The magnitude of the average velocity is the total distance of (50+50) = 100 meters divided by the total time 20 s + 22 s = 42 seconds\r\n" );
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document.write( "The magnitude of the average velocity =  =  = 2.38 meters per second (approximately, with 2 correct decimal places)   ANSWER\r\n" );
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