Question: A truck driver gets pulled over on a straight highway for driving faster than the 21 m/s speed limit. The police officer states the truck

A truck driver gets pulled over on a straight highway for driving faster than the 21 m/s speed limit. The police officer states the truck driver was going faster than the speed limit based on the instantaneous velocities provided in the table.

Time (s) Instantaneous Velocity (m/s)
0 10 m/s
1 15 m/s
2 18 m/s
3 21 m/s
4 25 m/s
5 25 m/s
6 21 m/s

The truck driver claims that the truck's average velocity never exceeded 21 m/s. Why would the average velocity not be an accurate way to determine if a vehicle was above the speed limit? Use examples of data from the table in your response.

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