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1.3 Scalar and Vector Quantities
Scalar Quantities Vector Quantities
Quantities that have magnitude but no Quantities that have both magnitude
direction and direction
Distance Displacement
Speed Velocity
work Acceleration Examples
Area Force
Mass Momentum
Distance(s) Displacement(s)
Distance between two points measured along a
Total length of the path traveled
specific direction
Scalar quantity Vector quantity
Speed Velocity
Rate of change of distance Rate of change of displacement
nt
distance displaceme
Speed = Velocity =
time time
Scalar quantity Vector quantity
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