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What is the difference between speed and velocity |
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Answer» ❉ Speed of a body is the distance travelled by it in per unit time. ❉ Speed is SCALAR quantity. ❉ Speed never be negative. ❉ Speed = Distance/time. ❉ For example: The expression 50 Km/hr is speed as it has only magnitude.
❉ Distance travelled by a body per unit time in a GIVEN DIRECTION. ❉ It is vector quantity. ❉ Velocity can be zero. ❉ Velocity = Displacement / time. ❉ For example : The expression 50 km/hr towards NORTH is velocity as it has both magnitude as WELL as direction. |
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