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Question
State whether the following quantity is a scalar or vector.
- Pressure
- Force
- Momentum
- Energy
- Weight
- Speed
Answer in Brief
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Solution
- Pressure - scalar quantity.
- Momentum - vector quantity.
- Weight - vector quantity.
- Force - vector quantity.
- Energy - scalar quantity.
- Speed - scalar quantity.
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