Speed of Light or Velocity of Light?
Most recent answer: 09/30/2012
Q:
Why we call speed of light?can we say that "velocity of light" in place of speed of light?
- Syed hamid raza zaidi (age 16)
pakistan
- Syed hamid raza zaidi (age 16)
pakistan
A:
Velocity is a vector, it has a direction as well as a magnitude. Speed is a scalar quantity and is a magnitude irrespective of direction.
Lee H
Lee H
(published on 09/30/2012)