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Maximum Average Subarray I

You are given an integer array nums consisting of n elements, and an integer k.

Find a contiguous subarray whose length is equal to k that has the maximum average value and return this value. Any answer with a calculation error less than 10-5 will be accepted.

Input: nums = [1,12,-5,-6,50,3], k = 4

Output: 12.75000

Explanation: Maximum average is (12 - 5 - 6 + 50) / 4 = 51 / 4 = 12.75

/**
* @param {number[]} nums
* @param {number} k
* @return {number}
*/
var findMaxAverage = function(nums, k) {
let currentSum = 0;

for (let i = 0; i < k; i++) {
currentSum += nums[i];
}

let maxSum = currentSum;

for (let i = k; i < nums.length; i++) {
currentSum += nums[i] - nums[i - k];
maxSum = Math.max(maxSum, currentSum);
}

return maxSum / k;
};