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Instantaneous velocity
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- Summary
Don't confuse mean velocity and instantaneous velocity. Both are related to the derivative (slope) of a distance versus time curve.
- Learning objectives
- To distinguish average speed from instantaneous speed.
- To illustrate a famous physical application of the derivative of a function.
- How to use the animation
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- Keywords
- velocity, instantaneous-speed, average-speed, tangent, gradient, derivative, differential
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