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if the speedometer of your car reads a constant 40km/hr, can you say the car has a constant velocity?

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User Jjramsey
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Velocity is speed and direction, You can drive in a circle at a constant speed, but your direction is constantly changing so velocity is not constant 
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User Robert Smith
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No, unless it is going in the same direction the entire time.
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User Sergei Rybalkin
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