Speedometer of a car measures

average speed

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average velocity

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instantaneous speed

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instantaneous velocity

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Solution

The correct option is (B) instantaneous speed
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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