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Distance, speed and velocity: s = vt explained

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Key ideas

  1. Distance is a scalar; displacement is a vector (size and direction).

  2. s = v t: distance (m) = speed (m/s) × time (s).

  3. Velocity is speed in a given direction.

  4. Higher: moving in a circle at steady speed means the velocity keeps changing.