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Scientifically, Both are are distance over time. Speed is a scalar, however, which means there is no direction involved. Velocity on the other hand is known as vector, meaning direction is included. So like when an object is spinning round and around, its speed can be constant, but, because the direction is changing, the velocity does not remain constant.
In common speech though the two are interchangeable
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 7y agoSpeed measures how fast something is going. Velocity measures how fast something is going, and in which direction it is going. Speed is a scalar quantity, the length of a velocity vector.
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∙ 11y agoNo. Speed is how fast, Velocity is how fast AND in what direction.
Think of a car driving in a circle at 60 mph. You change velocity as the car turns on the curve (new direction = new velocity), without changing your speed at 60mph.
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Are Speed and velocity the same thing?
No. Speed has no direction. Velocity is speed anddirection.
What is the speed velocity of a body?
In common speech, velocity means speed, they are the same thing.
Is constant speed and constant velocity the same thing?
No.
Difference with speed and velocity?
Speed rate of change on position (meter per second{m/s}) Velocity speed with direction
Why the units of velocity and speed are same?
because they measure different aspects of the same thing, velocity also has direction but speed lacks direction. otherwise they are the same.
How speed affect the velocity?
Different words for same thing
Can velocity speed up an object?
Well velocity is basically the same thing as speed but with direction (velocity can be negative or positive and speed is always positive). l velocity l = speed So a change in velocity means a change in speed.
How was speed and velocity invented?
"Speed" & "Velocity" are the same thing, they were not "invented" but discovered so to speak through Theoretical physics.
What factors could affect the velocity of a moving object but not the speed?
None, velocity is the speed at which something moves, they are the same thing
Why do you measure bowler's throwing ball as speed but not velocity?
Speed and Velocity are the same thing, it is a measure of rate of change of position of an object.
Is speed and velocit y the same thing?
Speed is how fast something is going. Velocity is the speed and direction something is going.
Is average speed the same thing as inertia?
No. Inertia is the tendency of an object to maintain its velocity.
