What is velocity?

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AJ Speller
Sep 11, 2014

Velocity describes the speed AND direction/heading in which an object is moving.

Magnitude describes the speed in which an object is moving.

Example:

I drove my car 65 mph today. MAGNITUDE

I drove my car 65 mph south today. VELOCITY

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