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.
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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.
I think it is cuz speed is velocity it's just a vector (more difficult name)
Most things don't move with the same speed at all times
It is calculated as the total distance travelled divided by the total time taken. It is, of course, possible to go very fast for some of the time and then go slowly and cover the same distance. That is where the concept of average speed comes from.
average speed = distance / time