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Standard IX
Physics
Average Velocity of a Body Accelerating Uniformly
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The speed of an object in a particular direction is called
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The speed of an object in a particular direction is called the velocity of an object.
It is the rate of change of displacement.
Velocity is a vector quantity as it has both magnitude and direction while speed only possesses magnitude but not direction.
SI unit of velocity is m/s.
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