Engineering mechanics

Physical quantity:

    A quantity which can be measured is called physical quantity.
                 It is of two types-
(a)Scaler quantity
(b) vector quantity

(a)Scaler quantity:
         The physical quantity having only magnitude is called scalar quantity.

    Examples- length,mass, time, distance, volume, density, temperature, speed etc.

(b) vector quantity:
           The physical quantity having both magnitude and direction is called vector quantity.
    Examples: force, displacement, velocity, acceleration, momentum, etc.

Difference between scalar and vector quantity:

        There are following difference between scalar and vector quantity-