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(forces and motion) in 2-3 sentences explain why velocity (or speed) is interesting

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Velocity is interesting (It's not as speed)

  • Speed is scalar
  • Velocity is vector
  • Speed takes distance where as velocity takes Displacement .

Velocity also correlates with things like momentum, Kinetic energy etc

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‘velocity’ refers to how fast an object is moving ‘in a particular direction’. speed is only how fast something is moving and velocity is how fast something is moving AND the direction. (hope this helps)
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