Whats a non-example for average speed

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Owen

Physics

26 March, 20:57

Whats a non-example for average speed

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Kaeden Dickson · Answer 1

A vector quantity is defined by magnitude and direction. For example, we might say that a car has an average speed of 25 miles per hour. Its average velocity might be 25 miles per hour due east.

Elaina Reese · Answer 2

Average speed is defined as the amount of movement that a object does in a given lapse of time.

So if i say: the car moves with a speed of 10km/h

This means that the car travels around 10km in the lapse of an hour, and here you can see that the speed is a scalar.

Now, if i say; the car moves at 10km/h to south.

We also have a direction, so we have now a vector, where the module of this vector is equal to the speed of the car.

so a non-example of average speed is the velocity of something.