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What is a scalar quantity?
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A scalar quantity is a quantity that can be defined by its magnitude (or numerical value ) alone.
Magnitude has enough information to describe the quantity.
For example- distance, speed, time, temperature, etc.
A vector quantity is associated with a magnitude as well as direction.
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