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Velocity and Speed are Different: Example Problem

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By Flipping Physics, 05/21/2014
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This example problem works shows that Velocity and Speed are different. It also illustrates that Speed is Not Velocity without direction.

Content Times:
0:16 Reading the Problem
1:10 Translating the problem to physics
1:53 Part (a) Average Speed
2:57 Part (b) Average Velocity
4:34 Speed is Not Velocity without direction

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