Instantaneous velocity

Learning objectives

  • To distinguish average speed from instantaneous speed.
  • To illustrate a famous physical application of the derivative of a function.

Don't confuse mean velocity and instantaneous velocity. Both are related to the derivative (slope) of a distance versus time curve.

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