Which of the following is a vector quantity?
(a) Distance (b) Speed (c) Acceleration (d) Time
Answers
Answer:
For example, displacement, force, velocity, momentum, etc. are vector quantities. ◙ But, Distance, speed and time are only specified with their magnitude.
Answer:
The vector quantity is acceleration i.e. option(c).
Explanation:
First, let's understand what is vector quantity.
"Vector quantities refer to those physical quantities characterized by the presence of both magnitude as well as direction".
Now let's analyze the options one by one.
(a)Distance-it is the magnitude of space between two places.
(b)Speed-it the magnitude of how fast or slow an object is moving.
(c)Acceleration-it is the rate at which velocity changes with time, in terms of both magnitude and direction.
(d)Time-it has only magnitude.
Hence, among the given options the vector quantity is acceleration i.e. option(c).