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How are speed and velocity different?

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Speed is constant and velocity can change.

Speed is a vector and velocity is a scalar.


Velocity tells you how fast and gives a direction. Speed only tells how fast.


Speed tells you how fast and gives a direction. Velocity only tells how fast.

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Velocity tells you how fast and gives a direction. Speed only tells how fast.

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Basically velocity is a vector quantity and is specified in m/s (meters/second). Speed is the distance traveled by an object where as, velocity is distance traveled by an object per unit time in a particular direction. Speed is a scalar quantity where as velocity is a vector quantity
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