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HOW TO DETERMINE IF A UNIT IS A SCALAR QUANTITY OR A VECTOR QUANTITY???

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Please find below the solution to the asked query:

The scalar quantity has only magnitude while the vector quantity has both magnitude and direction.

Example of Scalar quantity : Mass, Distance, Time, Speed etc.
Example of Vector quantity : Weight, Displacement, Velocity, Acceleration etc.

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If the quantity has both direction and magnitude it is called a vector quantity. If the quantity only has magnitude it is called a scalar quantity. If a quantity is neither vector or scalar then it is called a tensor quantity
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