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How Can a body moving with certain velocity in the direction of east have acceleration in the direction of west?
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∙ 11y ago
velocity is a vector quantity and also acceleration is a vector quantity. Suppose my automobile is travelling in north direction and I apply brakes to it then until the automobile stops it will move in north direction while the acceleration will act in south direction as brakes are applied.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 15y agoYes it can.
imagine a space rocket taking off. gravity is a force and hence causes an acceleration to any body within its field. when a rocket takes off, its velocity is 'upward' but the acceleration due to gravity is downward.
so for any object being thrown vertically in the air, it has a 'northward' velocity and 'southward' acceleration'
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∙ 8y agoThe answer is yes and no.
Acceleration is the rate of change of velocity. Velocity is speed plus direction.
If an object is travelling eastward and slowing down in a straight line then its velocity is decreasing, it is still travelling eastward. However the force slowing the object is a westward force.
A reducing acceleration (slowing down) is most often called a deceleration or negative acceleration. So you have a negative eastward acceleration.
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∙ 12y agoYes. If an object is is traveling to the north but decelerating (slowing down), it's southern acceleration, while negative, is increasing (toward zero).
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∙ 14y agoYes. If an object has an acceleration that is opposite its velocity, it is slowing down.
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∙ 14y agoYes. A car that brakes is slowing down and therefore has negative acceleration, but is still moving forward a therefore has positive velocity because it cant all of a sudden stop.
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∙ 13y agoNo, it will move in the direcytion of the net force which is North
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∙ 8y agoYes <-------- A vehicle moving eastward and braking has a westward acceleration, slowing it down.
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Yes, it is possible. If a body is moving towards east with decreasing velocity, it has
retardation or negative acceleration in opposite direction of velocity that is in the direction of
west.
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∙ 11y agosorry
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Can an object moving at a constant speed have acceleration?
Acceleration is defined as the change in velocity over a given time period. Velocity is a vector quantity: it includes speed and direction. That being said, you can accelerate an object without changing its speed by simply changing its direction. A body moving along the circumference of a circle its speed may remain a constant, but its velocity will not be a constant since its direction of motion continuously changes, since the velocity changes it has an acceleration.
Can a body moving with uniform speed have variable velocity?
Yes it can.When a body moves in a circular path keeping its speed uniform then it will have variable vilocity as vilocity is the speed in a particular direction and while moving in a circular path its direction keeps changing and so does vilocity
What describes both speed and direction?
Velocity describes both the speed and direction an object is moving.
When can an object a constant speed but not a constant velocity?
If the velocity is constant there is no acceleration. Speed is not velocity, velocity has speed and direction. I A car going around a circular track at 60 mph keeps the same speed but changes direction and thus accelerates at a constant speed. Velocity is speed in a certain direction. So change the speed but keep direction the same and you change the velocity. or Change the direction while keeping the speed the same and you change the velocity. If the speed is constant, any change of direction is a change in velocity. Driving around in a circle is a case of constantly changing direction.
A ball is thrown vertically upward. What are its velocity and acceleration when it reaches its maximum altitude What is the acceleration of the ball just before it hits the ground?
At the maximum height the ball will be completely stopped from moving upward or downward; thus the speed of the ball would be 0 mph. The ball is only stopped for a split second and then it begins moving downward, then increasing at 9.81m/s^2 until it reaches maximum velocity.
Can a body moving with certain velocity in the direction of east have acceleration in the direction of west?
Yes.
How are velocity and acceleration different?
acceleration is the increase of speed in a moving object. velocity is the speed and direction of a moving object.
What is the different between velocity and acceleration?
Velocity . . . what speed and direction something is moving. Acceleration . . . how fast the speed and/or direction of its motion are changing.
Can a body moving with certain velocity in the direction of east have aeleration in the direction of west explain how?
Yes a body moving with some velocity in the direction of east have acceleration in the west because when the body will stop or exerts brakes so the body will move a little back and acceleration will be produced in the opposite direction which is west.
What moving object speed up in what direct is the acceleration?
The acceleration is the same direction of the velocity
Is An object moving with a certain direction with an acceleration in the perpendicular direction?
There can be.
Is it possible for a body to have an acceleration when moving with constant velocity?
No; acceleration means the velocity changes.No; acceleration means the velocity changes.No; acceleration means the velocity changes.No; acceleration means the velocity changes.
How fast you are moving in which direction is a property of motion know as speed velocity acceleration momentum?
velocity
Describe a situation in which the car has zero speed but has a definite acceleration?
An object moving at constant speed in a circle. Acceleration is rate of change of velocity, as velocity is speed in a certain direction, when moving in a circle an object's velocity is constantly changing, as its velocity is changing it is accelerating.
Is it possiblean object is moving in a certain direction with an acceleration in the perpendicular direction?
no
What is a moving object that has a velocity vector and acceleration vector in the opposite direction?
This is a moving object that is slowing down.
Can something have an acceleration while moving at a constant velocity?
No. A object can have acceleration while moving at a constant speed (like the earth in its orbit around the sun). But once you use the word "velocity", you've expanded the decription of its motion to include the direction as well as the speed. The definition of acceleration is a change in either speed or direction, so if there is acceleration, then either the speed or the direction of the velocity (or both) is changing, so the velocity is not constant.
