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Standard VIII
Physics
Magnitude and Direction
what does sca...
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what does scalar and vector quantity mean ?Thanks for your help.
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Quantity which has magnitude and direction as well , is called the vector quantity.
Ex: Velocity and displacement
Quantity which has only magnitude , is called scalar.
Ex: speed , energy.
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