1: If a ball moves 5 meter in 0.5 second, what is its speed? Does it have velocity? Why?

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1: If a ball moves 5 meter in 0.5 second, what is its speed? Does it have velocity? Why?

2: Is 'Gravity' a scalar or vector quantity? Why? 

3: Usain Bolt is running at a speed of 10 m/s to the north and you are running at 7 m/s to the south. What is Usain Bolt’s speed with respect to you?

4: Distance between city ‘A’ and city ‘B’ is 120 miles. Jacob starts his journey from city ‘A’ at 11:00 am and arrives at ‘B’ at 1:00 pm. What is Jacob’s average velocity? Express your result in feet/sec also.

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