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Why is the speed in general, greater than the magniude of the velcity ?

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If ther is a chage in the direction of motion of a body, then the actual path langth in a given time is greater than the displacement in that time. Therefore speed (=path length//time taken) is greatre than the magnitude of velocity (= displacement // time).
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