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7 November, 04:42

What are the differences and similarities to Speed and Velocity?

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    speed is a scalar quantity which specifies the rate at which distance is changing but does not specify in which direction velocity is a vector quantity which specifies both speed and direction so speed is the megnitude of velocity (the length of the vector)
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