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What does positive and negative speed/velocity mean?
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What does positive and negative speed/velocity mean?

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velocity is usually always positive if the object is moving to the right but is negative if the object is moving to the left.

Step-by-step explanation:

speed tells how fast the object is moving without saying anything about it's direction. but speed will always be positive

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Positive speed means ur going forward. Negative speed means ur going backward.

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