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If the graph represents the national debt from 1935 to 1950, then it has
nothing whatsoever in common with the velocity of anything.
If, however, the graph represents the position of a moving object as time passes, then
the slope of the graph is numerically equal to the magnitude of the object's velocity,
which is also its speed.
A graph typically tells nothing about the direction of the object's motion. It it's specifically
drawn to indicate the azimuth (bearing) of the motion at each instant of time, then its
slope is the time derivative of the velocity's direction. I don't know any special catchy
term for that quantity.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 8y agospeed is how fast an element moves .velocity includes the speed of an object and direction of its motion
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∙ 14y agoThe slope gives the velocity of the motion in the direction away from the origin.
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∙ 13y agoa magnitude - the quantity representing how fast an object is moving
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∙ 12y agoBoth tell you how fast distance is being covered,
but only velocity tells you in what direction.
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Is velocity the speed of a wave?
Velocity and speed are not synonyms.
When is speed equal to the magnitude of velocity?
That is the case when you are talking about instantaneous speed and velocity - or when the velocity is constant. In the case of an average speed and velocity, this relation does not hold.
What Has Direction Speed or Velocity?
Velocity.
Is constant speed constant velocity?
No. Velocity includes a direction vector, which speed does not have.
How can a vehicle at the same time have a constant speed but changing velocity?
Speed is a scalar quantity (direction does not matter) and velocity is a vector quantity) ie velocity means speed in a specific direction. If you are changing direction (turning) in a car, your speed is the same, while your velocity changes.
What is the speed velocity of a body?
In common speech, velocity means speed, they are the same thing.
What is the relation between velocity and acceretion?
That they have "Speed" in common.
Is it true that Velocity is the speed of the wave?
In common language, the terms "velocity" and "speed" are used interchangeably. In physics, "velocity" is a vector, and "speed" is not - meaning that when the word "velocity" is used, it specifies not just how fast something moves, but also in what direction.
What is velocity how is it different from speed?
In common language, the terms are used interchangeably. But in physics, speed is a scalar; velocity is a vector. That is, a speed is just a number (and a unit) - for example, 50 kilometers/hour. But when it is important to distinguish a direction, you talk about a velocity. For example, "50 kilometer/hour to the north". Velocity is a speed AND a direction. "50 km/hour north" and "50 km/hour east" are the same speed but different velocity.
What is the biggest difference between speed and velocity?
velocity is speed with direction; velocity is a vector and speed is a scalar
Diffetiate speed and velocity?
Speed has no direction, velocity does.
Is velocity the speed of a wave?
Velocity and speed are not synonyms.
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.
What do measurements of velocity and acceleration have in common?
TIME is a factor in both measurements. Velocity is speed (distance divided by TIME) in a given direction. Acceleration is measured in velocity per unit of TIME. Therefore, they both have TIME in common.
What measurements of velocity and acceleration have in common?
TIME is a factor in both measurements. Velocity is speed (distance divided by TIME) in a given direction. Acceleration is measured in velocity per unit of TIME. Therefore, they both have TIME in common.
How is velocity same from instantaneous speed?
Instantaneous speed is the magnitude of the velocity. Velocity also states the [direction] of the speed.
