Which description includes a scalar quantity? The car is moving at 70 miles/hr. Objects accelerate on Earth at 9.8 m/s2 downward. The plane is flying west at 850 miles/hr. The box moved 20 meters to the left.

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Sherlyn Landry

14 November, 03:12

Which description includes a scalar quantity? The car is moving at 70 miles/hr. Objects accelerate on Earth at 9.8 m/s2 downward. The plane is flying west at 850 miles/hr. The box moved 20 meters to the left.

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Nayeli Lara · Answer 1

Car moving at 70 miles per hour

Explanation:

A scalar is a quantity that can be fully described by magnitude alone.

Examples of scalar quantities include: Distance and speed

Something is not a scalar quantity when it is given direction. When this happens, it becomes a vector quantity.

Thus, from the choices, we can see that the car moving at 70 miles per hour is the scalar quantity as it is the only choice without a direction.