Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
Speed is a scalar quantity; that is, it can be described by a number only; for example 10 kilometers per hour. Velocity is described as a numerical value plus a direction. It is a vector quantitiy; meaning that it measures a total displacment of an object or person. If you ...
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
An integer is a whole number. Fractions and decimals are not included in this set. They are sometimes also called natural numbers and consist of the numbers that you can count, starting at zero, and their negative counterparts for example 2, 6, -89; are all integers, while 2.4, 66.7 are ...
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