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Average velocity is different than average speed because calculating average velocity involves

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People may think that average speed and average velocity are just different names for the same quantity, but average speed depends on distance and average velocity depends on displacement. If an object changes direction in its journey, then the average speed will be greater than the magnitude of the average velocity.

Step-by-step explanation:

displacement

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