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Question 1114422: i need help with 1. A car travels a distance of 945 m in 15.0 S. What is the car�s average velocity?
Found 3 solutions by Alan3354, josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source):
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To find meters/second, divide the meters by the seconds.

Answer by josgarithmetic(39627)   (Show Source):
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Velocity also involves a direction. No information given for this. Only enough for the speed.

But this is not a velocity.

Answer by ikleyn(52863)   (Show Source):
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In plain English and in everyday life the terms "speed" and "velocity" are synonyms.

In accurate scientific usage there is a difference between them: the speed is a scalar, while the velocity is a vector.

So, the correct usage depends on the context.

But in this case (in this context) I assume that they are the same, and the numerical value is = 63 m/s.