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It almost never is ... define average :

ALL the different speeds divided by the number of times you measured it.

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Q: Why is average speed not always the same as final speed?
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Is the average speed larger then equal to or smaller then half its final speed?

It can be any of them. If your final speed is the fastest you have gone then it is smaller, if it is the slowest you have gone then it is bigger and if it is the average of what you have been doing then it is the same.


Why do you have to multiply the average speed of a ball going down a ramp by 2 in order to find its final speed?

The last moment, the speed is the final, the first moment, the speed is zero, average=final /2. For the bit just before the final, and the bit an equal bit just after the start the average is again final/2. For every instant before the final, coupled with the same instant after the start, the average is final/2. So the average for the whole trip is final/2. So to get the final, multiply the average by 2.


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)


If you divide the increase in an object's speed by the time taken for that increase you are determining the object's?

Then you are determining the object's average acceleration (provided the initial and final speed are in the same direction).


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.


Is average speed the same as speed?

Average Speed is different from average speed becoz speed is particular while avera speed is the total distance divided from time


When are speed and average speed the same?

Average speed is an average value of speed over a given time. If your speed is constant (not changing), then your average speed will equal your speed at any given moment in time.


Can average velocity and average speed be same?

The magnitude of both can be the same.


Does light always travel at the same speed?

The speed of light is always the same as long as it's traveling through the same medium. But its speed is different in different media, and those are all less than its speed in vacuum.


What is the same instantanoeus speed and average speed?

different on constant and instantaneous speed


Can you use average speed to calculate the speed of an object that is moving at a constant speed?

Yes. If an object is moving at a constant speed the average speed and the constant speed are the same.


Are the winds on Venus always the same speed?

No.