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Help asap!!! Describe the distinction between speed and velocity. Be sure to include

examples of each.

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The distinctions between speed and the velocity is as follows:

Speed:

  • “Speed” is a “scalar quantity”.
  • “Speed” of the “vehicle” says that “rate of the distance traveled” by “the vehicle”.
  • For example, consider that a car is moving with “the speed 5 Km/h”. It informs that the “car can move 5 Km in one hour”.

Velocity:

  • “Velocity” is a “vector quantity”.
  • “Velocity” of the “vehicle” says that “rate of the distance traveled” and “the direction of the vehicle”.
  • For example, consider a car is moving with “5 km/h west”. It informs that car is traveling in “direction of west” it covers “5 Km in one hour”.
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