Why electric potential of earth is taken to be zero?

Aperson walks first at a constant speed of 4.89 m/s along a straight line from point a to point b and then back along the line from b to a at a constant speed of 2.95 m/s. what is the average speed over the entire trip?

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Adiver named jacques observes a bubble of air rising from the bottom of a lake (where the absolute pressure is 3.50 atm) to the surface (where the pressure is 1.00 atm). the temperature at the bottom is 4.00 ∘c, and the temperature at the surface is 23.0 ∘c. what is the ratio of the volume of the bubble as it reaches the surface (vs) to its volume at the bottom (vb)? if jaques were to hold his breath the air in his lungs would be kept at a constant temperature. would it be safe for jacques to hold his breath while ascending from the bottom of the lake to the surface?