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Can a moving body have velocity and acceleration in opposite directions explain with in example?
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∙ 13y ago
Of course. A car with brakes applied and slowing down has forward velocity
and rearward acceleration.
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Can you cite an example in which the acceleration of a boby is opposite in direction to it's velocity?
Anytime an object is slowing down, its acceleration is in the opposite direction to its velocity.
Velocity and acceleration are vectors because?
Both velocity and acceleration of vectors because their magnitude is dependent on their direction. For example a velocity of 6 ft/s is different from a velocity of -6ft/s because they are in opposite directions. Like wise, an acceleration of 9.8 ft/s^2 indicates an increase in velocity while -9.8 ft/s^2 indicates a decrease in velocity.
Can velocity and acceleration point in opposite direction?
Yes, velocity and acceleration can point in the opposite direction to each other. This is because neither one depends on the other. When velocity and acceleration are opposite each other this results in slowing down, for example when you hit the break on your car.
Can you site an example in which the acceleration of a body is opposite in direction to its velocity?
Oscillation of a simple pendulum.
Is it possible of a body to have its velocity and acceleration pointing in opposite direction plot a velocity-time graph if yes?
Yes, it is possible. For example, if you through an object up, its velocity would initially be in the "up" direction, but its acceleration would be in the "down" direction.
Both velocity and acceleration are vectors because?
Because it is defined that way. In common language, the words "speed" and "velocity" are used interchangeably. But in physics, if a vector quantity is desired, the word "velocity" is used; for a scalar quantity, the word "speed" is used.
Give an example in which velocity is zero yet acceleration is not zero?
Velocity is directional, so if something is accelerating in the opposite direction from the one it is moving it, there will come a point where it has 0 velocity but still has accelerating. If you throw a ball at the ground and it bounces, for example.
Changing direction is an example of a kind of?
Acceleration
When An object speeds up it has what acceleration?
For an object's speed to change (increase or decrease), the object must be accelerating. If there is an acceleration, there is a non-zero net force acting on the object.note: Velocity and speed are different. An object's velocity can change without the speed changing. Example of this is centripetal acceleration. The object's velocity changes directions, thus the velocity changes. The magnitude (or speed), however, stays the same (if only a radial acceleration is present).
What is formulas finding speed and velocity?
velocity = distance / time There are also some formulae involving acceleration; for example, in the case of constant acceleration: velocity = initial velocity + acceleration x time If the acceleration is not constant, an integral is used instead.
Is a person running in a circular track at 7mph an example of constant velocity at zero acceleration and if so why?
No. The velocity and acceleration are not zero because the direction is changing, thus the velocity and acceleration is changing.
Give example where the velocity of the particle is 0 and acceleration is maximum?
When a pendulum reaches its maximum elongation the velocity is zero and the acceleration is maximum
