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Speedometer and Odometer

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Speedometer of a car measures
average speed
instantaneous speed
average velocity
instantaneous velocity

A

instantaneous speed

B

average velocity

C

instantaneous velocity

D

average speed

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Solution

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A speedometer is a device that measures the speed of the vehicle, at any instant of time i.e measure instantaneous speed.
Hence, option (B) is correct.
The explanation for wrong answers
The average speed is given as
$A v e r a g e s p e e d = \frac{T o t a l d i s t a n c e t r a v e l e d}{T o t a l t i m e t a k e n}$
Average velocity is given as
$A v e r a g e v e l o c i t y = \frac{T o t a l d i s p l a c e m e n t}{T o t a l t i m e t a k e n}$

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