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Can the magnitudes of speed and velocity be different for the same given situation?
Speed and Velocity vs magnitudes
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By definition, speed is the magnitude of velocity. So you're basically asking, "can speed and speed be different?"
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No they are the same as magnitude of a vector is a scalar.
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