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Answered 2013-05-25 10:23:27
velocity is a vector and speed is scalar. Velocity has magnitude and directions, with magnitude being speed. The magnitude of average velocity and average speed is the same.
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How average speed and average velocity are related to each other?
Average velocity equals the average speed if (and only if) the motion is in the same direction. If not, the average speed, being the average of the absolute value of the velocity, will be larger.
Can average velocity and average speed be same?
The magnitude of both can be the same.
What is the numerical ratio of velocity to speed an object?
The size of velocity and the size of speed are the same number. But velocity also has a direction and speed doesn't.
Are average speed and average velocity always the same measurements why?
I think it is cuz speed is velocity it's just a vector (more difficult name)
How is instantaneous speed different from average speed?
BecuZ average is the same limit and the other is nesting velocity
Which describes the average velocity of an ant at a constant speed ina straight line?
In that case, the average speed is the same as the instantaneous speed.
Can your speed and velocity ever have the same magnitude?
Speed and velocity always have the same magnitude, becausespeed is the magnitude of velocity.The difference is that velocity has a direction but speed doesn't
Is that velocity and speed is same?
In popular speech it is the same; in physics, it is not. Velocity is a vector, meaning that it includes a direction. Speed is just the number, that is, without specifying a direction.
Is there a circumstance average speed equal to average velocity?
As long as there is no change in direction then they are effectively the same.
Compare and contrast velocity and instantaneous speed?
velocity is just a general term for speed (it could be average velocity or instantaneous velocity). Instantaneous velocity/speed (same thing) is the speed at that second. If you are familiar with calculus, it is the derivative of the position graph. Whereas average velocity is how fast the object is going in, for example, 1 hour, it is the speed that is maintained the whole hour (or the average) Instantaneous would be that at the second, at for example t=1.425, the speed is 24m/h . something along those lines
How is speed and velocity the same?
No, they are not the same! Velocity involves the speed and the direction of the moving object...
What kind of speed does a moving object have when the velocity stays the same?
same speed , coz velocity is constant velocity consists of speed and direction...
Can the average velocity of a car and average speed be the same?
Yes, if the car moves in only one direction.
Is overall velocity the same as average speed?
No, velocity is a vector quantity (i.e. magnitude & direction) while speed is a scalar quantity (i.e. magnitude only).
What is one example of velocity?
One example of Velocity is that if you are running in the same direction, your speed and velocity is the same. But if you are running AROUND the track, your speed is the same but your velocity is changing.
Difference between average velocity and average speed?
Velocity is speed and the direction of the speed. (30 miles per hour going north) and (30 miles per hour going south) are both the same speed, but they're opposite velocities.
Is average speed the same thing as inertia?
No. Inertia is the tendency of an object to maintain its velocity.
How is velocity same from instantaneous speed?
Instantaneous speed is the magnitude of the velocity. Velocity also states the [direction] of the speed.
Can the average velocity of a particle be zero but not its average speed?
Yes, since velocity is speed and direction its average can be zero. For example say a plane flies from point A to point B at 300 mph and turns around to go from B to A at 300 mph; its average velocity is 0 since it is in the same spot as it started ( the velocity vectors cancel) but its average speed is 300 mph.
Do two skaters traveling in different directions at the same speed have the same velocity?
No. Velocity is the combination of a speed and its direction. In order fortwo objects to have the same velocity, they must be moving at the samespeed, and in the same direction.
Why is the average speed always greater than the magnitude of the average velocity?
There the same, only a direction must be indicated
How is it possible for a moving car velocity to change but the speed to stay constant?
Velocity is a vector (has a size and a direction) but speed is a scalar (just a number). The velocity is therefore given by the speed and the direction the speed is going. If you change the direction but continue at the same rate the velocity changes but the speed doesn't
At the amusement park Jill rode a roller coaster that went as fast as 70 mph At the end of the ride she got off where she started What is true about her average speed and average velocity on the r?
Her average speed and average velocity were the same but were less than 70mph
Does the average speed depend on direction?
you know that i am your father and u are my son in the same way average velocity is your mother and velocity is your sister so go home u are drunk
Formula in finding speed?
Speed is velocity without a direction so therefore the same formula applies. average speed= distance travelled/ time
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