Question

please define magnitude in simple words. ​

Answer 1

Answer:

magnitude is the number preceding the any unit. for example, in 5 km, 5 is the magnitude and km is the unit.

Answer 2

Answer:

The size of the object or the amount is its magnitude. Like in case of speed, a car is travelling faster than a motorbike. In this case, the magnitude of the speed of the car is more than that of motorbike and unit is kilometres, kilograms,grams, etc..

Only magnitude is required for scalar quantities and both magnitude and direction is required for vector quantity.

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