singey said:a) displacement
b) velocity
c) average velocity
d) distance
e) speed
f) acceleration
g) position
which of these are vector and which are scalar?
A vector is a quantity that has both magnitude and direction, while a scalar is a quantity that has only magnitude and no direction.
A physical quantity is a vector if it follows the rules of vector addition and multiplication. If the quantity can be represented by a single number, it is a scalar.
Speed is a scalar quantity because it only has magnitude (i.e. numerical value) and no direction. However, velocity (which is a measure of both speed and direction) is a vector quantity.
No, a physical quantity can only be either a vector or a scalar. It cannot have both magnitude and direction, as well as only magnitude.
No, displacement and distance are not the same thing. Displacement is a vector quantity that measures the shortest distance between two points, while distance is a scalar quantity that measures the total length traveled.