Velocity and Speed
If you want to know how fast or slow something is moving, you want to know its speed. Speed does
not tell you the direction the object is moving, Just how fast it is going. Another way of saying it is that
speed is proportional to distance and inversely
proportional to time. All that means is that the faster
you go, the more distance you cover, or the less time it takes you to cover the same distance.
Contrary to popular belief, velocity is not equivalent to speed. Simply put, velocity is the rate at which
an object changes its position in a given direction, whereas speed is how fast something is moving.
Velocity is always given as distance over time, such as miles/kilometers per hour or meters per
second, and there always should be a direction. VELOCITY= DISTANCE/ TIME
A car travels at uniform velocity a distance of 100 m in 4 seconds. What is the velocity of the
car? (Answer: 25 m/s) Is the scholar correct? Elaborate on your reasoning and justify your
response