Question

Difference between average speed and speed

Answer 1

The distance travelled by a body in a unit of time is called as speed.
For a particle in motion (uniform or non uniform ), the ratio of total distance travelled to the total time of motion is called average speed

Answer 2

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» Average Speed

1) Rate of change of distance of a position with respect to time.

2) It is a Scaler Quantity.

3) It is always positive or zero.

4) It is greater or equal to average velocity.

» Average Velocity

1) Rate of change of displacement of a position with respect to e.

2) It is a vector quantity.

3) It is positive, negative or zero.

4) It is smaller than average speed.