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What does "no reference to direction of motion mean"?

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Step-by-step explanation:

its means the quantity in question is a scalar quantity, has only magnitude but no direction, for example. speed,has no reference to direction of motion, since the speed of a body say 5 m/s( the direction of the body has not been stated) but the velocity of a body say 5m/s to the east has a reference to direction of the motion.

That's why velocity is different from speed

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