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Why isn't kinetic energy a vector instead of a scalar?
I have been wondering about something related to physics. Why isn't kinetic energy considered a vector instead of a scalar?
That's an interesting question! Kinetic energy is actually considered as a scalar because it only depends on the magnitude of the velocity of an object, and not on the direction in which it is moving. Therefore, it doesn't have a direction like a vector does.