Question

Difference between velocity and speed? ​

Answer 1

Speed, being a scalar quantity, is the rate at which an object covers distance. The average speed is the distance (a scalar quantity) per time ratio. ... On the other hand, velocity is a vector quantity; it is direction-aware. Velocity is the rate at which the position changes.

Answer 2

Answer:

Speed :

(i) Speed is defined as the distance travelled by the body per unit time

(ii) Speed = timetaken/distancetravelled

(iii) Speed is always positive

Velocity :

(i) Velocity of a moving body is defined as is rate of change of its position with time in a particular direction

(ii) Velocity = timetaken/displacement

(iii) Velocity is a vector quantity

(iv) Velocity can be negative