answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

Not exactly, it can change a few degrees of its direction, but cannot change its velocity because if it stops, the force of motion that goes with it will demolish the car therefore it cannot change it's velocity.

++++

???? If you put the question in everyday language, it is asking "Can a car change direction while accelerating?"

Yes it can, provided the driver is careful to keep the acceleration and instant speed within safe limits. I emphasise 'speed' because the direction hence velocity - a vector value - is changing.

I have no idea of the point about the remark about stopping - the supposed consequences are fiction, and the question is about accelerating.

User Avatar

Wiki User

6y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar
More answers
User Avatar

Wiki User

12y ago

A change in direction means acceleration, just like a change in speed does.

If speed is constant and the motion is in a straight line, there's no acceleration.

As soon as the speed or direction changes, we say there has been acceleration.

Acceleration is the change in velocity and velocity is speed in a given direction.

If the direction changes, then velocity changes. (5m/s North is unequal to 5m/s South)

If velocity changes, then acceleration occurs. (Definition of Acceleration)

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

13y ago

Change in direction is not always change in accleration. Acceleration of a moving body has the same direction as the force applied on it(Newton's 2nd law) . So if the direction and magnitude of force remain same then there is no change in acceleration.

For example if an electron is moving at right angles to a uniform electric field, then direction of motion can change, but acceleration is same always. Direction is opposite to field and magnitude is 'charge' multiplied by 'magnitude of field'.

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

13y ago

Yes. Because a change of direction is the change of velocity and velocity changes in either speed or direction.

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

15y ago

The direction of force determines the direction of acceleration; F=ma.

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

13y ago

Acceleration is change in direction.

Or change in speed.

Or both.

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

14y ago

By an object speeding up or slowing down.

This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: Does a change in direction change acceleration?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

Is the moon's acceleration expressed as a change in speed or a change in direction?

The moon's acceleration is expressed as a change in direction.


How is acceleration related to the change in speed?

A change in speed (and/or direction) is acceleration.


Does change in direction cause acceleration?

Not necessarily. Changing direction does affect the velocity, which is acceleration and direction combined.


What is to change direction?

acceleration in a direction that is not parallel to the direction you are moving


What are acceleration examples?

Examples of acceleration are change in speed, change in direction, or both.


Is acceleration due to change in direction?

Acceleration is defined as the change in velocity, and is a result of a force being applied on the object in question. Acceleration will not always result in an object changing direction, but it is capable of it (in the case of centripetal acceleration, all it does is change the direction.) Acceleration is a vector, therefore a direction must always be given when a value is stated.


Is acceleration a change in the position of an object?

Yes. Acceleration is a change in velocity. As velocity is a vector (direction and speed) changing either the speed or direction will change the velocity and thus be an acceleration (or decelleration)


Acceleration is a change in what?

speed or direction


Acceleration can be a change in speed or?

Direction.


True or false acceleration is a change in motion?

'Acceleration' is a change in the speed and/or direction of motion.


A change in speed or direction?

A change in speed or direction is caused by a force and is called acceleration.


What mean acceleration?

acceleration= force/mass and also change in direction,speed are acceleration