A particle is moving with uniform acceleration along a straight line. The average velocity of the particle from $P$ to $Q$ is $8ms^{- 1}$ and that from $Q$ to $S$ is $12ms^{- 1}$. If $QS - PQ$, then the average velocity from $P$ to $S$ is [image:3_image150.emf]

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(a) Average velocity $= \frac{2 	imes 8 	imes 12}{8 + 12}ms^{- 1} = 9.6ms^{- 1}$

Q. A particle is moving with uniform acceleration along a straight line. The average velocity of the particle from $P$ to $Q$ is $8ms^{- 1}$ and that from $Q$ to $S$ is $12ms^{- 1}$. If $QS - PQ$, then the average velocity from $P$ to $S$ is

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