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.
The result will also be a velocity vector. Draw the first vector. From its tip draw the negative of the second vector ( ie a vector with the same magnitude but opposite direction). The the resultant would be the vector with the same starting point as the first vector and the same endpoint as the second. If the two vectors are equal but opposite, you end up with the null velocity vector.
Yes, two vectors of similar kind can be added. For example we can add a distance vector with another distance vector. But we cannot add distance vector and velocity vector.
Length and direction.
Usually, speed just tells you how fast something is moving on average (total distance traveled divided by length of time), but the velocity also includes which direction it is traveling (usually by including the two or three dimensional position it was in when you start the measurement and end it) so we call it a vector.
A vector tells you both the magnitude (length) and direction of a quantity in space.
The result of subtracting one velocity vector from another velocity vector is a new velocity vector. This new vector represents the difference in speed and direction between the two original velocity vectors.
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.
The two things used to describe velocity are speed, which indicates its magnitude, and direction, which specifies its orientation in space. Velocity is a vector quantity that combines both speed and direction.
The result will also be a velocity vector. Draw the first vector. From its tip draw the negative of the second vector ( ie a vector with the same magnitude but opposite direction). The the resultant would be the vector with the same starting point as the first vector and the same endpoint as the second. If the two vectors are equal but opposite, you end up with the null velocity vector.
To describe the velocity of an object, you need to know its speed (magnitude of the velocity) and its direction of motion. Velocity is a vector quantity that combines both speed and direction.
As used in physics, the two are different. Speed is a scalar, velocity a vector.
To describe velocity, you need to know the speed of an object and its direction of motion. Velocity is a vector quantity that includes both magnitude (speed) and direction.
Velocity tells us the speed at which an object is moving and the direction in which it is moving.
In order to have a vector quantity, one needs to have some sort of magnitude and a direction. An example of this is velocity. Velocity is a speed in a certain direction, so velocity is a vector, but speed is not. These words are commonly misused in society, and used interchageably with one another.
To describe the velocity of an object, you need to know both the speed (magnitude of the velocity) and the direction of the object's motion. Velocity is a vector quantity that includes both of these aspects.
Velocity tells us the speed of an object's motion as well as its direction of movement.