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What is the difference between speed and velocity?

(i)



















Speed



Velocity



scalar quantity



It is a vector quantity.



Speed of a body is distance travelled by it per unit time



It is the distance travelled by it per unit time in a given direction.



It is always positive



It can be both positive as well as negative.




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