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Explain the difference between speed and velocity and indicate if these are scalar or vector quantities.

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Velocity is a speed with a direction vector associated with it speed is just a displacement per unit of time which makes it scalar

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Velocity is a speed with a direction vector associated with it speed is just a displacement per unit of time which makes it scalar.
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