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The SI unit for speed is ______


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SI unit for speed

  1. Speed is measured as the distance traveled by the object per unit of time.
  2. Speed is a scalar quantity as it has only direction and no magnitude.
  3. The formula for speed is S=Dt where D is the distance covered in time t.
  4. In the SI system, the unit of distance is meter denoted as m; the unit of time is second denoted as s. Therefore, SI unit of speed is a meter per second denoted as ms

Hence, the SI unit of speed is a meter per second


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