We locate the position of a car driving on an east-west highway as distance east.If the car is driving west at a speed of 60 miles per hour, what can be said about velocity?
A) Velocity is 60 miles per hour.
B) Velocity is -60 miles per hour.
C) Velocity is 0 miles per hour.
D) None of the above.

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Velocity includes both the speed of an object and its direction of motion. Since the car is moving west but the position is measured as distance east, the velocity is -60 miles per hour, indicating a westward direction.

We Locate the Position of a Car Driving on an East-West