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Picture a ball traveling at a constant speed around the inside of a circular structure Is the ball accelerating?
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∙ 13y ago
As the ball moves in a circular path, it changes it's direction every moment. velocity is a vector and it depends both on speed and its direction. So, as the ball is changing its direction every time, we can say that it is changing its velocity as well. So, the ball is actually accelarating
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∙ 15y agoDue to Centripital Acceleration, the acceleration must be directed inwards, which is towards the centre of the circle. That why the object will continue to accelerate.
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How can you be accelerating and traveling at a constant speed?
You can be accelerating and traveling at a constant speed if you change directions.
Picture a ball traveling at a constant speed around the inside of a circular structureis the ball accelerating?
If it's going at a constant speed then it is not accelerating. To accelerate would mean to have a rate of change for speed in some direction. If the ball is going outward while traveling at a constant speed due to centrifugal force then it is accelerating. If it's going inwards due to some ground angle then it is also accelerating. From Newton's laws we know that to have a circular motion, an object must be subject to a force directed to the centre of the structure and is accelerating in that direction. This centrifugal force, exerted by the structure to the ball, is opposite in direction and magnitude to the 'fictitious' centrifugal force.
Are you accelerating if you are traveling in a constant direction with constant speed and explain?
If you are traveling at a constant speed with changing direction there is a change in velocity, so you are accelerating.
Can an object traveling at constant velocity have acceleration?
No. An object traveling at a constant velocity is not accelerating.
An object traveling at a constant rate in a circular path is changing its?
velocity
How can you be accelerating and traveling at a constant speed?
You can be accelerating and traveling at a constant speed if you change directions.
Picture a ball traveling at a constant speed around the inside of a circular structureis the ball accelerating?
If it's going at a constant speed then it is not accelerating. To accelerate would mean to have a rate of change for speed in some direction. If the ball is going outward while traveling at a constant speed due to centrifugal force then it is accelerating. If it's going inwards due to some ground angle then it is also accelerating. From Newton's laws we know that to have a circular motion, an object must be subject to a force directed to the centre of the structure and is accelerating in that direction. This centrifugal force, exerted by the structure to the ball, is opposite in direction and magnitude to the 'fictitious' centrifugal force.
Are you accelerating if you are traveling in a constant direction with constant speed and explain?
If you are traveling at a constant speed with changing direction there is a change in velocity, so you are accelerating.
Can an object traveling at constant velocity have acceleration?
No. An object traveling at a constant velocity is not accelerating.
What is the accleration of a car traveling for 2.5 at a constant speed of 95?
0. "Constant speed" means it is not accelerating.
An airplane traveling at a constant rate of speed in a straight line is not accelerating?
That's correct.
An object traveling at a constant rate in a circular path is changing its?
velocity
If a car is traveling in a straight line at a constant speed is it accelerating?
No. 'Acceleration' means a change in speed or direction over time. If the car is moving at a constant speed in a constant direction, then it isn't accelerating.
An airplane traveling at a constant rate of speed in a straight line is not accelerating true of false?
true
What is an example of Circular acceleration?
a satellite in orbit; it is moving at constant speed but is accelerating outward in circular acceleration, balanced by gravity acceleration (centripetal force).
What circular motion occurs when an object traveling with constant speed in a circle?
uniform
What is a Circular motion occurs when an object is traveling with constant speed in a circle?
uniform
