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Explain the relationship between velocity and acceleration. Are these scalar or vector quantities?

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Acceleration is the rate of change of velocity. They're both vectors.
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A scalar is something that only has speed without a DIRECTION while a vector has direction. acceleration is a vector and mass is a scalar.
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