A car moves 10 m/s forwards and has 7 m/s of drag. What is the direction and speed of the car.

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The question is unclear. Drag is a force, therefore its unit should be N, not m/s.

That said, the answer to the question is in the first statement; the direction is "forwards" and the speed is 10m/s.

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