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Velocity is a vector, and so it has two components -- magnitude (speed) and direction.

Speed is a scalar, and it is the magnitude of velocity, a vector.

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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.


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.


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.


What is speed in a given direction?

Speed in a given direction is called velocity.


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 do you find speed if you know the velocity?

Velocity is speed and direction


The speed of an object and the direction of its motion?

the object's 'velocity'


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.


What describes both speed and direction?

Velocity describes both speed and direction. Speed is the magnitude of velocity, while direction indicates the path of an object's motion.