Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Speed is to velocity as ...

  1. force is to energy

  2. friction is to work

  3. flux is to field strength

  4. distance is to displacement

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Explanation

Speed is distance per time (scalar), while velocity is displacement per time (vector). Similarly, distance is a scalar quantity measuring path length, while displacement is a vector measuring straight-line change in position. The analogy holds: scalar : vector :: scalar : vector. The other options are unrelated concepts.