We talk about Average speed and Average time, why not Average Distance?

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2022-08-11

We talk about Average speed and Average time, why not Average Distance?

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Barbara Klein

Barbara Klein

Beginner2022-08-12Added 19 answers

You can take an average of several distances, as with several times.
One place where "average time" occurs is in statistical things where, for example, a phone call arriving at a switchboard has no effect on the timing of another phone call arriving, and one speaks of the average time from the arrival of one phone call to the next.
"Average speed" arises when say a car passed a certain point at 1:00 PM and reached a point 35 miles from there at 2:00 PM, so that you can say its average speed during that hour was 35 miles per hour.
Perhaps "average distance" does not occur in this way in standard examples in math textbooks, but there is no reason why you can't take an average of several distances. And astronomers do speak of such things as the average distance from the earth to the sun (since the distance undergoes seasonal variations).

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