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No. Speed has no direction. Velocity is speed anddirection.

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No, but they have to do with each other.

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Q: Are Speed and velocity the same thing?
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What is the speed velocity of a body?

In common speech, velocity means speed, they are the same thing.


Is constant speed and constant velocity the same thing?

No.


Difference with speed and velocity?

Speed rate of change on position (meter per second{m/s}) Velocity speed with direction


Why the units of velocity and speed are same?

because they measure different aspects of the same thing, velocity also has direction but speed lacks direction. otherwise they are the same.


How speed affect the velocity?

Different words for same thing


Can velocity speed up an object?

Well velocity is basically the same thing as speed but with direction (velocity can be negative or positive and speed is always positive). l velocity l = speed So a change in velocity means a change in speed.


How was speed and velocity invented?

"Speed" & "Velocity" are the same thing, they were not "invented" but discovered so to speak through Theoretical physics.


What factors could affect the velocity of a moving object but not the speed?

None, velocity is the speed at which something moves, they are the same thing


Why do you measure bowler's throwing ball as speed but not velocity?

Speed and Velocity are the same thing, it is a measure of rate of change of position of an object.


Is speed and velocit y the same thing?

Speed is how fast something is going. Velocity is the speed and direction something is going.


Is average speed the same thing as inertia?

No. Inertia is the tendency of an object to maintain its velocity.


What is acceleration speed and velocity?

Speed is (distance covered) divided by (time taken to cover the distance).Velocity is a speed and its direction.Acceleration is any change of velocity.