Velocity

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Speed and direction of a moving object

Real World Example

Imagine trying to reach a friend's house in an unfamiliar neighborhood without a GPS. Just like you need both speed and the correct direction to arrive at your friend's house efficiently, velocity provides both the speed and direction needed for a moving object to reach a destination. In this analogy, the speed of your car is like the speed component of velocity, while knowing which roads to take represents the direction component, both of which are crucial to successfully reaching your endpoint, just as velocity is essential for predicting where and how quickly an object will move.

Practice Version

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