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How are acceleration and velocity alike and different from each other?
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∙ 14y ago
-- both are related to measurements of motion of objects
-- acceleration is the rate at which velocity changes
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How is speed velocity and acceleration alike?
Acceleration is the derivative of velocity. In other words, acceleration is the rate at which the velocity is changing.
Explain the circumstances when the acceleration and the velocity of car are parallel?
when velocity of a car is increasing then velocity and acceleration are parallel to each other.
Can something have both a constant velocity and constant acceleration?
No it cannot. It is either one or the other. For constant velocity, acceleration must be 0, meaning there is no acceleration happening here. If there is constant acceleration, then the velocity is constantly changing.
Does velocity describe both speed and acceleration?
No. Velocity describes a speed and a direction. Acceleration, on the other hand, is the rate of change of velocity (in symbols: dv/dt); in other words, how fast does the velocity change.
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.
What does acceleration refer to?
The rate of change of a velocity - in other words, how fast does the velocity change.
When is velocity antiparallel to acceleration?
when a ball is thrown upwards velocity increases but acceleration decreases hence making it anti parallel to each other
What to do if the car change its velocity and the given is the acceleration?
Acceleration equals the change in velocity over a period of time. a= (Vfinal- Vinitial)/t Plug in the acceleration and other information they give you. Then solve.
What is the objects change in speed called?
That's simply called a change in velocity. On the other hand, the rate of change in velocity - how quickly velocity changes - is called acceleration.
Does velocity equal acceleration x time?
Yes, sort of. At least, that's the units used. The actual definition of acceleration is: a = dv/dt In other words, the rate at which velocity changes. In the case of constant acceleration, that would be equal to a change in velocity, divided by the time interval during which this change takes place. In the case of non-constant acceleration, the acceleration, or rate of change of velocity, can of course change from one moment to another.
Can two direction of velocity of an object change when acceleration is constant?
An object can have only one velocity at any point in time. That velocity can have components in two (or more) directions.If acceleration is constant (but non-zero), then the velocity in any direction other than perpendicular to the direction of the acceleration must change.
Can two directions of velocity of an object change when acceleration is constant?
An object can have only one velocity at any point in time. That velocity can have components in two (or more) directions.If acceleration is constant (but non-zero), then the velocity in any direction other than perpendicular to the direction of the acceleration must change.
