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Average speed is literally defined as distance over a specific period of time (d/t). In fact, distance over timeis the system we use to measure and express average speed, such as miles per hour (m/h), kilometers per hour (Km/h), feet per second (f/s), etc. Even a knot (pronounced 'not' - a unit of speed used in a nautical context) is a term that means 'nautical miles per hour'.

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When expressing average speed, we are only computing the distance traveled over the time taken to travel that distance. Average speed is not a representation of the instantaneous speed that the object in question was travelling at any time during that period. For example, a vehicle could travel for an hour at 40 Km/h , and then travel another hour at 60 Km/h, and so its distance traveled in 2 hours is 100 Km, making its average speed 50 Km/h, even though the vehicle never maintained a steady speed of 50 Km/h at any time during the trip.

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