What do you mean by speed and velocity?

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The rate at which a certain distance is covered by an object is called as its speed.
speed = distance/ time taken.

Velocity is the rate of change of position of an object.

velocity = displacement/time taken.

The SI unit used to measure speed and velocity is meter per second (m/s).

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