A car is moving along a straight highway and accelerates at a constant rate while going from point A to point B. If the acceleration is positive, increasing the speed of the car, where does the position where the instantaneous speed equals the average speed occur for the interval from A to B?
a. midway between A and B b. closer to A than to B
c. closer to B than to A d. Any of the answers could be correct depending on the original speed.
b
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