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What is the difference between scalar and vector quantities?


Ravindra Pindel 15th Jul, 2020
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Ravindra Pindel 15th Jul, 2020

The major differences between scalar and vector quantities are:

  • Scalar quantities have only magnitude and no direction, like mass, time, temperature, etc. Whereas Vector quantities have both magnitude and direction, like velocity, force, acceleration, etc.
  • Scalar quantities follow the simple algebraic addition, subtraction, and multiplication, while vectors follow only vector addition, subtraction, multiplication, etc.

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