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Lesson: Chapter 2 — Motion in a Straight Line

2.3. Velocity 1 of 6

Question 1

What is velocity, and what kind of quantity is it?

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The rate of change of displacement; it is a vector quantity. Velocity is found by dividing displacement by time:

velocity = displacement ÷ time

Because displacement carries a direction, so does velocity — it has both a magnitude and a direction, which makes it a vector. Speed, worked out from distance, is a scalar. The rate of change of speed is not velocity but acceleration.

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