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Is speed equal to velocity

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Velocity is a vector, which means it has a direction, but speed isn't. Speed is

the absolute value of velocity.

Velocity can be negative, meaning that the speed is opposite to the direction

that you're calling the positive direction.

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Speed is the size of velocity. But velocity also has a direction.

"30 miles per hour" is speed.

"30 miles per hour north" is velocity.

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