Speed and Velocity

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What is speed?

The ratio (fraction) of how far something moves or how long it took to move there.

What is instantaneous speed?

Measure of the speed at a specific moment.

What is velocity?

Velocity is a vector.

What is a distance-time graph?

Graphing Motion.

What is average speed?

Calculated for the entire trip.

distance

how much ground an object has covered

displacement

how far out of place an object is

vector quantity

direction-aware

scalar quantity

ignorant of direction