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What quantity gives both the speed and the direction of an object?
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∙ 13y ago
Velocity gives both speed and direction of an object.
While speed is a scalar quantity, velocity is a vector quantity and require direction or bearing in order to be valid.
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∙ 15y ago
Wiki User
∙ 13y agoThe velocity.
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How is speed different than velocity?
Speed does not have the direction associated with it, like velocity does.
What is the defintion of velocity?
Can an object have a constant spped and velocity at the same time?
Velocity is a vector quantity. That means it has direction and magnitude. Speed is a scalar quantity, it only has magnitude. It is possible to have constant speed and constant velocity but it is also possible to have constant speed but changing velocity if the object is changing direction.
The speed of a moving object taken together with its direction of travel gives the what of an object?
Velocity
Velocity is a measure of both an object's speed and its what?
Direction. Velocity is a vector quantity. Vectors have a scalar size and a vector direction.
How is speed different than velocity?
Speed does not have the direction associated with it, like velocity does.
Speed plus direction is what?
Speed is a measure of how fast an object is going. This is a scalar quantity, which means it only gives magnitude (size) information. Velocity is a vector quantity, which is very similar to speed, but it also includes direction information.Example:Speed of car = 60 km/hVelocity of car = 60 km/h in a Northwesterly direction
What is the defintion of velocity?
Does speed tell us what direction an object is moving?
Speed is a scalar quantity and has only magnitude and not direction. Hence, speed cannot tell us what direction an object is moving. However, velocity which is the vector equivalent of speed, can tell us the direction.
If you exert a force on an object in motion what will change?
If you exert a force on an object in motion you will change its velocity, velocity being a vector quantity of speed and direction.
When you know both the speed and direction of an object's while it is in motion do you know the velocity of the object?
Yes. Velocity is a vector quantity that needs a magnitude (speed is the corresponding scalar to velocity) and a direction.
Can an object have a constant spped and velocity at the same time?
Velocity is a vector quantity. That means it has direction and magnitude. Speed is a scalar quantity, it only has magnitude. It is possible to have constant speed and constant velocity but it is also possible to have constant speed but changing velocity if the object is changing direction.
The speed of a moving object taken together with its direction of travel gives the what of an object?
Velocity
What is the distance than an object travels ina given time?
speed or velocity = distance/time Speed does not require direction, i.e. it is a scalar quantity. Velocity does require direction, i.e. it is a vector quantity.
Velocity is a measure of both an object's speed and its what?
Direction. Velocity is a vector quantity. Vectors have a scalar size and a vector direction.
What refers to a speed of an object in a certain direction?
Velocity. Velocity is a vectored quantity, with a directional component.
Is speed a scalar quantity or vector quantity?
Speed is a scalar quantity because it has magnitude but not direction, velocity is a vector quantity because it has magnitude and direction.
