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The problem is it's useless to know either if you don't know where you are going.
Speed is based on the distance traveled over time, while velocity is based on the displacement over time. That means if you drive 60 miles then turn around and return to the starting point and complete the trip in 2 hours, your average speed is 120miles traveled/2hours = 60miles per hour. But your velocity is 0 miles displaced/ 2 hours = 0 miles per hour.
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What is an example problem of speed and velocity?
An example problem involving speed is calculating the average speed of a car that travels 100 miles in 2 hours. An example problem involving velocity is determining the velocity of a ball thrown upward with an initial velocity of 20 m/s at a height of 40 meters above the ground.
What is speed in a given direction is called?
Speed in a given direction is velocity.
Are speed and velocity different?
SPEED has the speed only; while VELOCITY has the direction and the speed.
What is an example of a velocity word problem?
These problems are concerned with speed and distance.One example of a velocity word problem could be; "If a dolphin swims at 2.6 miles per hour, how far will it have traveled in 40 minutes?".
How is speed of a body related its velocity?
Part of every velocity is a speed. Speed is the size of the velocity.But the velocity also has a direction, which the speed doesn't.'30 mph North' and '30 mph West' are the same speed but different velocity.
Can the speed of body be negative?
The problem here is the conflating of the term "speed" with "velocity". Velocity is a vector - it has both intensity and direction. Velocity can be negative. Speed really only has magnitude, so it is normally only positive; since there is no direction associated you can't define a meaning for negative speed (unless you decide to define it as synonymous with velocity) When a body is thrown in upward direction and upward motion is defined as positive velocity, its velocity decreases with time and at highest point speed and velocity become zero. When the body falls downward its speed i increases until hit the ground but since it is moving in the opposite of the direction that was defined as "positive", its velocity is negative.
What is speed in a given direction?
Speed in a given direction is called velocity.
How do you find speed if you know the velocity?
Velocity is speed and direction
What is the difference betweenn speed and velocity?
Velocity is speed with a direction
What is instantaneous velocity or speed?
It is the speed or velocity at a particular instant.
How are speed and velocity diffrent?
Speed is a scalar, velocity is a vector. In other words, when the direction of the speed is relevant, it is called a velocity.
The speed of an object and the direction of its motion?
the object's 'velocity'
