The SI unit for velocity is:
AKilometres per hour
BMiles per one hour
CMetres per second
DMetres per minute
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Metres per second
1. Velocity is a displacement divided by a time.
2. The SI base units for those are the metre and the second.
3. The SI unit for velocity is metres per second.
4. Kilometres per hour, miles per hour and centimetres per second are common but not SI.
_Source: OpenStax College Physics for AP(R) Courses 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 2 'Kinematics', sections 2.1-2.8_
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