Here's why:
* Tangential speed refers to the speed of an object moving along a circular path. It's the instantaneous velocity of the object in the direction tangent to the circle at that point.
* Linear speed is simply the rate at which an object changes its position over time, regardless of the path it takes.
Both of these speeds measure the distance traveled per unit of time, and since distance is measured in meters and time in seconds, the unit for both tangential speed and linear speed is meters per second (m/s).