Chapter 2: Q5PE (page 82)
(a) Calculate Earth鈥檚 average speed relative to the Sun.
(b) What is its average velocity over a period of one year?
Short Answer
a. Earth鈥檚 average speed related to Sun is .
b. The average velocity of the earth is zero.
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Chapter 2: Q5PE (page 82)
(a) Calculate Earth鈥檚 average speed relative to the Sun.
(b) What is its average velocity over a period of one year?
a. Earth鈥檚 average speed related to Sun is .
b. The average velocity of the earth is zero.
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