Question

Does the odometer of a car measure a scalar or a vector quantity? What about the speedometer?

Answer 1

@ganeshie8

Answer 2

odometer measures what ?

Answer 3

distance and speedometer measures speed

Answer 4

so would odometer be vector and speedometer be scalar?

Answer 5

cool :)
is distance a scalar quantity or vector ?

Answer 6

you're half right :|

Answer 7

distance and magnitude are vectors

Answer 8

i dont understand what scalar is

Answer 9

cuz, we can refer them just by saying a number

Answer 10

oh wait direction and magnitude are vectors

Answer 11

here is the thing :-
distance and speed are scalars
displacement and velocity are vectors

Answer 12

a scalar can be specified just by refering to a number / magnitude
but a vector requires direction also to fully represent ..

Answer 13

so they are both scalars?

Answer 14

Correct ! both distance and speed are scalars
so, both odometer and speedometer measure scalar quantities !

Answer 15

ohh okay thank you =D

Answer 16

np :D