Re: On The Measurement Of Speed


"The Sorcerer" <Headmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:s0Beg.236516$xt.202573@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

"The Ghost In The Machine" <ewill3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:pan.2006.05.29.02.25.09.944710@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| On Mon, 29 May 2006 00:14:10 +0000, The Sorcerer wrote:
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| >
| > "The Ghost In The Machine" <ewill3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| > news:pan.2006.05.28.21.50.52.356417@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > | Herewith several problems for the assemblage -- you know who you are.
| > |
| > | [1] I travel from Atlanta to Boston, then back to Atlanta. Assuming
2200
| > | miles total [*] and 44 hours driving time (not counting stops for
lunch
| > | and sleeping), how do I calculate my average speed?
| >
| > Your AVERAGE speed is zero. The calculation is simple.
|
| Ahem.
|
| http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Speed.html
| http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Velocity.html

Nothing there about average speed.
Ahem what?

Ahem this:
http://users.telenet.be/vdmoortel/dirk/Physics/Fumbles/AhemWhat.html

Dirk Vdm


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