Speed alone cannot tell where an object is going. (āĻā§ā§ąāϞ āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āϤāĻŋ (Speed) āĻ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻŦāϏā§āϤ⧠āĻ’āϞ⧠āĻā§ āĻāĻā§ āϏā§āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ’āĻŦ āύā§ā§ąāĻžā§°ā§āĨ¤)
Velocity = Speed + Direction (āĻŦā§āĻ (Velocity) = āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āϤāĻŋ + āĻĻāĻŋāĻļ)
Direction shows the true path of motion. (āĻĻāĻŋāĻļā§ āĻāϤāĻŋā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻā§āϤ āĻĒāĻĨ āĻĻā§āĻā§ā§ąāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
Example / āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ
- Car A → 60 km/h East (āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§ A → ā§Ŧā§Ļ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻŋ/āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻž āĻĒā§āĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļā§)
- Car B ↑ 60 km/h North (āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§ B ↑ ā§Ŧā§Ļ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻŋ/āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻž āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļā§)
- Both cars have the same speed. (āĻĻā§āϝāĻŧā§āĻāύ āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§ā§° āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤)
- But their directions are different. (āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āϏāĻŋāĻšāĻāϤ⧰ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļ āĻŦā§āϞā§āĻāĨ¤)
- So, their velocities are different. (āϏā§āϝāĻŧā§, āϏāĻŋāĻšāĻāϤ⧰ āĻŦā§āĻā§ āĻŦā§āϞā§āĻāĨ¤)
Idea / āϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāĻž
Same Speed + Different Direction = Different Velocity (āĻāĻā§ āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āϤāĻŋ + āĻŦā§āϞā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļ = āĻŦā§āϞā§āĻ āĻŦā§āĻ)
Two cars can move at the same speed but reach different places because direction changes the path. (āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻāĻā§ āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āϤāĻŋā§°ā§ āĻāϞāĻŋāϞā§āĻ āĻŦā§āϞā§āĻ āĻ āĻžāĻāϤ āĻĒā§āĻāĻāĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§, āĻāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļā§ āĻĒāĻĨ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤)
Importance / āĻā§ā§°ā§āϤā§āĻŦ
- Pilots need direction to fly correctly. (āĻĒāĻžāĻāϞāĻāϏāĻāϞ⧠āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻāĻāĻžā§ąā§ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāĻļā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϝāĻŧā§āĻāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
- Ships use direction to reach ports safely. (āĻāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻā§ āύāĻŋā§°āĻžāĻĒāĻĻā§ āĻŦāύā§āĻĻā§°āϤ āĻĒā§āĻāĻāĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāĻļ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤)
- GPS uses direction and speed together. (GPS āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļ āĻā§°ā§ āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻā§āϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻž āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤)
- Drivers follow directions to reach destinations. (āĻāĻžāϞāĻāϏāĻāϞ⧠āĻāύā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύāϤ āĻĒā§āĻāĻāĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāĻļ āĻ
āύā§āϏ⧰āĻŖ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤)
Question:
A boy runs 10 km/h towards south. Is it speed or velocity ? (āĻāĻāύ āϞ’ā§°āĻž ā§§ā§Ļ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻŋ/āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻž āĻŦā§āĻā§ āĻĻāĻā§āώāĻŋāĻŖ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļā§ āĻĻā§ā§°āĻŋāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻ āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āϤāĻŋ āύ⧠āĻŦā§āĻ ?)
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: Velocity (āĻŦā§āĻ)
Why ? / āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ ? Because direction (south) is mentioned. (āĻāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϤ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļ (āĻĻāĻā§āώāĻŋāĻŖ) āĻāϞā§āϞā§āĻ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤)