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What is the difference between the velocity and the speed of an object
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What is the difference between the velocity and the speed of an object

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Velocity is affected by both magnitude and direction whereas speed is affected only by magnitude.

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velocity is vector but speed is Scalar quantity. Hence The Object Which is in some speed may not have some specific directions

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