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If you know the distance an object has traveled in a certain amount of time you can determine

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You can determine the velocity it is moving at.

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With that information, you can determine the object's speed.
Just divide the distance covered by the time to cover the distance.

If you also know the direction the object moved, then you can
determine its velocity. If you don't, then you can't.
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