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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
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 is the Velocity of speed?
Velocity is the vector form of speed. It is the speed of an object in a specified 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 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
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.
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.
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.
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.
