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No, velocity is a vector quantity (i.e. magnitude & direction) while speed is a scalar quantity (i.e. magnitude only).
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Does average velocity and average speed have the same number?
velocity is a vector and speed is scalar. Velocity has magnitude and directions, with magnitude being speed. The magnitude of average velocity and average speed is the same.
Can average velocity and average speed be same?
The magnitude of both can be the same.
Are average speed and average velocity always the same measurements why?
I think it is cuz speed is velocity it's just a vector (more difficult name)
Is there a circumstance average speed equal to average velocity?
As long as there is no change in direction then they are effectively the same.
Can the average velocity of a car and average speed be the same?
Yes, if the car moves in only one direction.
Is average speed the same thing as inertia?
No. Inertia is the tendency of an object to maintain its velocity.
Can the average velocity of a particle be zero but not its average speed?
Yes, since velocity is speed and direction its average can be zero. For example say a plane flies from point A to point B at 300 mph and turns around to go from B to A at 300 mph; its average velocity is 0 since it is in the same spot as it started ( the velocity vectors cancel) but its average speed is 300 mph.
Can the average speed ever equal the instantaneous speed?
When there is no acceleration or when there is constant acceleration. When either of these cases is present, the graph of velocity versus time will be linear. When there is linear velocity, the average velocity will equal the instantaneous velocity at any point on the graph.
How is speed and velocity the same?
No, they are not the same! Velocity involves the speed and the direction of the moving object...
What kind of speed does a moving object have when the velocity stays the same?
same speed , coz velocity is constant velocity consists of speed and direction...
Compare and contrast velocity and instantaneous speed?
velocity is just a general term for speed (it could be average velocity or instantaneous velocity). Instantaneous velocity/speed (same thing) is the speed at that second. If you are familiar with calculus, it is the derivative of the position graph. Whereas average velocity is how fast the object is going in, for example, 1 hour, it is the speed that is maintained the whole hour (or the average) Instantaneous would be that at the second, at for example t=1.425, the speed is 24m/h . something along those lines
When is the average velocity is equal to the instantaneous velocity?
Average velocity equals the average speed if (and only if) the motion is in the same direction. If not, the average speed, being the average of the absolute value of the velocity, will be larger.
