6 miles/hour would be their speed and average speed. This is because speed is the rate at which an object is moving, and in this case, the person is running at a constant rate of 6 miles per hour. Average speed is the total distance traveled divided by the total time taken, which is also 6 miles/hour in this case.
However, average velocity would be 0 miles/hour. Velocity takes into account both the speed and direction of an object's motion. Since the person is jogging on a curvy trail, they are constantly changing directions and therefore their average velocity would be 0 miles/hour, as the direction cancels out over the course of the hour.
a person jogs on a curvy trail six miles in one hour 6 miles/hour would be their
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