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Speed is a scaler quantity i.e. it has magnitude only without direction. It can be calculated using the formula :
speed = distance/time
where distance is the total distance travelled from initial position to final position;
time is the total time taken to cover this distance.
Velocity is a vector quantity i.e. it has magnitude as well as direction. It can be calculated using the formula :
velocity = displacement/time
displacement is the distance between final position & initial position;
time is the total time taken to cover this displacement.
for example: if a body starts from some initial point goes to a certain distance x and returns back to the initial position. So the total distance covered is 2x but displacement is 0 (zero) because initial & final position are same. So its speed is 2x/time while velocity is 0/t = 0(zero)
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoVelocity is speed along with the direction of the speed.
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How do you find speed if you know the velocity?
Velocity is speed and direction
What is the Velocity of speed?
Velocity is the vector form of speed. It is the speed of an object in a specified direction.
Is speed equal to velocity?
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.
Does average velocity and average speed have the same number?
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.
Why is velocity and speed same unit?
Velocity is speed, plus an indication of direction. To indicate a velocity, you can indicate a speed (this will logically use units of speed), and a direction.
What is the biggest difference between speed and velocity?
velocity is speed with direction; velocity is a vector and speed is a scalar
What is speed in a given direction is called?
Speed in a given direction is velocity.
Diffetiate speed and velocity?
Speed has no direction, velocity does.
Is velocity the speed of a wave?
Velocity and speed are not synonyms.
Are speed and velocity different?
SPEED has the speed only; while VELOCITY has the direction and the speed.
How is velocity same from instantaneous speed?
Instantaneous speed is the magnitude of the velocity. Velocity also states the [direction] of the speed.
What is speed in a given direction?
Speed in a given direction is called velocity.
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.
What is the difference betweenn speed and velocity?
Velocity is speed with a direction
Why it is facts about speed and velocity?
three facts about speed and velocity
What are difference between speed and velocity?
Velocity is speed with direction
What is instantaneous velocity or speed?
It is the speed or velocity at a particular instant.
