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Difference between scalar quantity and vector quantity?


PRADEEP KUMAR 10th Dec, 2021
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PRADEEP KUMAR 10th Dec, 2021

Scalar quantity

Vector quantity

Scalar quantity has magnitude 

Vector quantity has magnitude

Scalar quantity has no direction

Vector quantity has direction

5m is scalar quantity because it denotes only magnitude

5m west is vector quantity because it denotes both direction and magnitude

Time, speed, power, energy are scalar quantities

Acceleration, displacement, force, weight are vector quantities

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