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What's the difference between the speed and velocity of an object?

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Speed, being a scalar quantity, is the rate at which an object covers distance. The average speed is the distance (a scalar quantity) per time ratio. On the other hand, velocity is a vector quantity; it is direction-aware. Velocity is the rate at which the position changes.
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Answer:Speed is the time rate at which an object is moving along a path, while velocity is the rate and direction of an object’s movement.

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