Question

State the difference between scaler quantity and vector quantity

Answer 1

Scalar:
It has only magnitude no direction.
Ex- speed, mass
It will not obey laws of vector addition.

Vector:
It has both magnitude and direction.
Ex-velocity, force
It obeys laws of vector addition.


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Answer 2

1. The physical quantity that does not include direction is Scalar quantity meanwhile The quantity which has both magnitude and direction is Vector quantity.
2. Scalar quantity follows the ordinary rules of algebra , in the case of Vector quantity it follows the vector rules.
3. Scalar has One dimensional quantities whereas Vector has multi dimensional quantities.
4. Scalar can be divided into another Scalar and Vector cannot be divided.