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A car travels 500 miles east in 10 hours. What is the velocity of the car?

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Velocity: distance (with direction) divided by time

Velocity of car: 500 miles/10 hours or 50 mph east (velocity is in eastward direction.)

If direction(North south east west) had not been specified and 50 mph would have been a value of the speed of the car

Speed has no specific direction.
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