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How does instantaneous speed differ from average speed?

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Answer:

constant speed is where the speed is the same throughout and instantaneous speed is speed given at any moment and average speed is a total distance traveled divided by the amount of time it took to travel it.

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\huge \mathfrak{Answer : }

Average speed is the mean speed of an object all over the journey, it is calculated by dividing the total distance covered by total time taken


\boxed{avg. \: \: speed = (total \: \: \: distance)/(total \: \: time) }

where as,

Instantaneous speed is the speed of an object at a particular instant of time. it is calculated at an instant by using minute values using differentiation (calculus).

i.e


\boxed{instantaneous \: \: speed = (ds)/(dt) }

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