This is because speed is defined as the absolute value of velocity - irrespective of the direction of motion.
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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.
Yea it is.
Speed is equal to the magnitude of velocity almost always. Speed is total distance / total time no matter which way the distance goes. Velocity is the distance from a starting point divided by total time.
Yes. If they are traveling in the same direction and at the same speed, then they have the same velocity.