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Question
Under what condition(s) is the magnitude of average velocity of an object zero while its average speed is not zero?
Short Answer
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Solution
When an item returns to its initial point, its displacement is zero, but the total distance travelled is not zero because the average velocity is zero, but the average speed is not zero (for example, when an object completes one full circuit of a circular path).
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