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How can a car accelerate if its speed is constant?
It can Accelerate by changing it direction as acceleration eing a vector is dependant on the direction so by changing its direction one can accelrate it keeping the speed constant.
Does a car accelerate rounding a curve at a constant speed?
Yes
Does light accelerate?
No. As long as it stays in the same material, its speed is constant.
How can an object accelerate if it is moving at a constant speed?
by adding more force
Why does a car traveling at constant speed can accelerate while a car at constant velocity connot?
The question is inherantly flawed. A car traveling at a constant speed cannot accelerate, if it could it's speed would not be constant. "Constant speed" means that speed is not increasing or decreasing but remain consistent over time. For example, if you cover 10 feet during each second, your speed is constant. "Constant velocity" implies constant speed, but it has an additional constraint: you can't change your direction. If you travel constantly at 10 feet per second in a straight line, then your speed is constant and your velocity is constant. But if you travel constantly at 10 feet per second in a wiggly line (or a circle, or anything not straight), then your speed is constant but your velocity is NOT constant. If you travel at a constant speed but change direction, velocity is changed. Or if you travel in the same direction but change the speed, velocity is changed. Average speed is is easier: distance/time So, your question should read: Why can a car traveling at an average speed accelerate, but a car traveling at constant speed cannot? Or Why am I asking the wrong questions?
How can a car accelerate if its speed is constant?
It can Accelerate by changing it direction as acceleration eing a vector is dependant on the direction so by changing its direction one can accelrate it keeping the speed constant.
Does an object accelerate if it moves in a straight line at constant speed?
no
Does a car accelerate rounding a curve at a constant speed?
Yes
Does light accelerate?
No. As long as it stays in the same material, its speed is constant.
How can an object accelerate if it is moving at a constant speed?
by adding more force
Why does a car traveling at constant speed can accelerate while a car at constant velocity connot?
The question is inherantly flawed. A car traveling at a constant speed cannot accelerate, if it could it's speed would not be constant. "Constant speed" means that speed is not increasing or decreasing but remain consistent over time. For example, if you cover 10 feet during each second, your speed is constant. "Constant velocity" implies constant speed, but it has an additional constraint: you can't change your direction. If you travel constantly at 10 feet per second in a straight line, then your speed is constant and your velocity is constant. But if you travel constantly at 10 feet per second in a wiggly line (or a circle, or anything not straight), then your speed is constant but your velocity is NOT constant. If you travel at a constant speed but change direction, velocity is changed. Or if you travel in the same direction but change the speed, velocity is changed. Average speed is is easier: distance/time So, your question should read: Why can a car traveling at an average speed accelerate, but a car traveling at constant speed cannot? Or Why am I asking the wrong questions?
How does a skater not accelerate?
By not changing their speed. Technically, this means also not changing their velocity, which includes direction. So, you don't accelerate if you skate in a straight line at a constant speed. Otherwise, you are accelerating, even if your speed does not change.
Does a car accelerate when it goes around a corner at a constant speed?
yes an acceleration is a change in speed and when you go around a corner you change your speed.
What happens when balanced forces acting on an object?
The object remains in constant, uniform motion. That means its speed and direction of motion don't change. Note that its speed may or may not be zero.
How would the speed of an object be affected if it were in a vacuum?
Assuming you keep applying a constant force, it will accelerate indefinitely up to the speed of light
What is the accelerate?
Acceleration is the change in velocity with time, for linear (constant) acceleration it is calculated by: (End Speed -Start Speed)/time taken
Can an object accelerate and have a constant speed at the same time?
Definitely. Acceleration means a change of speed or direction.It does not mean "speeding up".
