Average velocity

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Average velocity is the average of an object's velocity over a period of time. The smaller the time span of an average velocity, the closer it is to instantaneous velocity. It can be found by dividing the displacement of an object by the time taken for that displacement to occur.

Average velocity is written mathematically as

Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \bar{v} \equiv \frac{\Delta x}{\Delta t}\equiv \frac{x_f-x_i}{t_f-t_i}}

where Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \bar{v}} is the average velocity, and are the initial and final positions, and Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle t_i} and Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle t_f} are the initial and final times.[1]

References

  1. ↑ University of Winnipeg, IUN/FYDE Introductory Physics Notes, Motion in One Dimension, Average Velocity [1]