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No, speed can vary and one can still calculate the average speed of an entire trip. Average speed is equal to the change in distance divided by the change in time.
If you divide the distance of your trip by the total time it took to make the trip, you calculate the average speed. That includes all the time you're stuck in traffic, gassing the car, and stopping to eat.
The average speed for the entire trip is 9mph.
(300+k)/96*60
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No, speed can vary and one can still calculate the average speed of an entire trip. Average speed is equal to the change in distance divided by the change in time.
160 meters per minute
If only total distance and total time are considered, the speed calculated (total distance / total time) is the average speed of the entire trip.
If you divide the distance of your trip by the total time it took to make the trip, you calculate the average speed. That includes all the time you're stuck in traffic, gassing the car, and stopping to eat.
You can't. The average doesn't tell you anything about any single point during the trip. If I start out this morning and arrive somewhere 1,000 miles away tomorrow afternoon, my average speed for the entire trip could be 35 miles per hour. But at the mid-point of the trip ... either the mid-miles or the mid-time ... I could very well have been in a motel asleep. You can't tell.
The average speed is the speed that it takes to travel a certain distance in a certain time. Average speed is determined by dividing the distance traveled by the time taken to get there. Instantaneous speed is a certain speed at any given time.
No, the average speed will always be between the minimum and maximum speeds.
The average speed for the entire trip is 9mph.
Average speed = (distance traveled) divided by (time for the trip).
90kph
(300+k)/96*60