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Problem
A tourist walks
500
m
500\,\text{m}
500
m
east and then
300
m
300\,\text{m}
300
m
west in
10
min
10\,\text{min}
10
min
. Without doing any numerical calculation, state which quantity—average speed or average velocity—has the greater magnitude for the entire trip and give a brief reason.
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