Question

What is meant by the speed of an object?

Answer 1

Definition

The pace at which an item travels a distance per unit time is defined as its speed.

1. The fast-moving item travels a greater distance ins a shorter length of time. Slow-moving objects, on the other hand, traverse a little amount of distance in a given length of time.
2. Speed is a scalar quantity as it has only direction and no magnitude.

Mathematical representation

Mathematically, speed is represented as:

$\mathrm{s}=\frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{t}}$

Here,

s is the speed.

d is the distance travelled.

t is the time taken.