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What is the difference between speed and velocity ?
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What is the difference between speed and velocity ?

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speed is the time it takes a person to get to a place

ex: It took mandy 18 miles per hour to go to the gas station

velocity is the direction a person is going while going to a place

ex: it took mandy 18 miles per hours west to go to the gas station

User Jiehfeng
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short answer~ velocity is the speed with a direction while speed doesn't have a direction

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