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If a particle's position is given by x = 1 - 7t + 5t2 (where tis in seconds and x is in meters),
(a) What is its velocity at t = 1 s (in m/s)? The answer I got was 3.

(b) What is its speed just then?

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Physics: Principles with Applications
7th Edition, 2013
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ISBN: 9780321625922

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