Negative acceleration is the state of a body whose velocity in a specified direction is becoming smaller.
If you apply the brakes while driving a car, the car (and you) will undergo negative acceleration in the direction in which the car was moving.
It cannot have negative velocity, it can have negative acceleration.
Yes, acceleration can be positive and negative because acceleration is a vector. It has both direction and magnitude. The direction is what makes it positive or negative. Negative acceleration is usually called deceleration.
The negative part in negative acceleration is indicating direction, as acceleration is a vector quantity. Speed however, is a scalar and has magnitude only and therefore cannot be negative. An example could be -2.6ms-2 meaning that there is an acceleration of 2.6ms-2 but in the opposite direction to other vectors.
If it is gravitational acceleration then it it is positive in downward and negative in upward direction..if it is not gravitational acceleration then it is depending upon the value of acceleration.
Positive acceleration ==> speeding up Negative acceleration ==> slowing down
It cannot have negative velocity, it can have negative acceleration.
Yes, acceleration can be positive and negative because acceleration is a vector. It has both direction and magnitude. The direction is what makes it positive or negative. Negative acceleration is usually called deceleration.
Positive acceleration = speeding up. Negative acceleration = slowing down.
Positive acceleration = speeding up. Negative acceleration = slowing down.
false A car can have a negative acceleration and be speeding up. A negative acceleration determines the direction of the acceleration A car with forward acceleration will speed up in the forward direction A car moving forward with a negative acceleration will slow down A car not moving with a negative acceleration will speed up in the backward direction A car moving backward with a negative acceleration will speed up in the backward direction
A plane landing is a negative acceleration - "negative" meaning it slows down.
Positive is speeding up and negative is slowing down
Acceleration is negative when the object is moving in the opposite direction. on a graph the line would be in the negative quadrant.
Acceleration is any change in velocity. Negative acceleration is when the change is such that the speed decreases.
Retardation or deceleration is negative acceleration. It is opposite to the direction of velocity.
Actually, it depends on how you define the coordinate axes, but usually when moving forward, negative acceleration decreasesspeed, positive acceleration increasesit.
The negative part in negative acceleration is indicating direction, as acceleration is a vector quantity. Speed however, is a scalar and has magnitude only and therefore cannot be negative. An example could be -2.6ms-2 meaning that there is an acceleration of 2.6ms-2 but in the opposite direction to other vectors.