SOLUTION: Can you help to solve this please? One car is travelling north at 70mph. Another car is travelling towards it at 70mph. Do they have the same velocity? Explain your answer. M

Question 951134: Can you help to solve this please?
One car is travelling north at 70mph. Another car is travelling towards it at 70mph. Do they have the same velocity? Explain your answer.
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Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
One car is travelling north at 70mph. Another car is travelling towards it at 70mph. Do they have the same velocity? Explain your answer.
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Velocity and speed are often used interchangeably, but they're not the same.
Velocity is a vector that includes speed and direction.
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In this example, the directions are opposite.
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