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When a negative acceleration is graphed, the line slopes downward on a velocity-time graph. This is because negative acceleration causes a decrease in velocity over time, resulting in a negative slope on the graph.

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Is it possible for an object with constant negative acceleration to change the direction in which it is moving?

Sure. Anything you toss with your hand has constant acceleration after you toss it ... the acceleration of gravity, directed downward. If you toss it upward, it starts out with upward velocity, which reverses and eventually becomes downward velocity.


An object has initial velocity in the upward direction a final velocity in the downward direction and undergoes constant acceleration What can you say about its average acceleration?

The average acceleration of the object will be negative since it changes direction from upward to downward velocity. The acceleration will be constant because the object undergoes constant acceleration throughout the motion.


What is the magnitude of the upward acceleration of the load of bricks?

The magnitude of the upward acceleration of the load of bricks is the measure of how fast the load is moving upwards.


What is the value of g in upward direction?

The value of acceleration due to gravity (g) in the upward direction is typically taken as -9.81 m/s^2, where the negative sign denotes the opposite direction from the conventionally positive direction of the acceleration vector.


Can the velocity of an object be negitive when its acceleration is positive?

That just means that the velocity and acceleration are in oppposite directions ... exactly the situation when a car is slowing down for a stop, or a ball is tossed upward and hasn't reached the peak yet.

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When acceleration upward or downward direction is taken positivw or negative?

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.


What is the upward acceleration of a falling object?

If you are ignoring wind and other variables then the upward acceleration is negative velocity caused by gravity. So in most cases (-9.8 m)/(s^2)


Is it possible for an object with constant negative acceleration to change the direction in which it is moving?

Sure. Anything you toss with your hand has constant acceleration after you toss it ... the acceleration of gravity, directed downward. If you toss it upward, it starts out with upward velocity, which reverses and eventually becomes downward velocity.


What are some Real examples for negative slope and positive slope?

A positive slope is simply a slope going upward on a graph from left to right. A negative slope is a slope going downward from left to right. Often, negative slopes are the reverse of positive slopes and are both depending on the person's direction.


An object has initial velocity in the upward direction a final velocity in the downward direction and undergoes constant acceleration What can you say about its average acceleration?

The average acceleration of the object will be negative since it changes direction from upward to downward velocity. The acceleration will be constant because the object undergoes constant acceleration throughout the motion.


What musical object is often used to describe the curve normal distribution produces?

A bell curve describes the graphed curve that normal distribution produces for a set of data. The curve slopes upward before returning downward after the point of the mean.


What type of slope does a line that slopes upward have?

A line that slopes to the right and up has a positive slope.


When is acceleration neg?

Acceleration is negative if velocity is decreasing with time. Since velocity is a vector this can occur in one of two ways: 1) you are slowing down in the direction of motion and the velocity in that direction is defined as positive (this is what we usually mean by negative acceleration) 2) you are speeding up in the direction of motion and the velocity in that direction is defined as negative. An example of this is an object launched into the air which immediately starts to decelerate in it's upward velocity, reaches it's highest velocity, and then begins accelerating towards the ground. If we call the velocity upward a positive velocity, then when it starts falling, it has negative velocity. Note that acceleration (due to gravity) is negative the whole time.


What is the magnitude of the upward acceleration of the load of bricks?

The magnitude of the upward acceleration of the load of bricks is the measure of how fast the load is moving upwards.


Are 4 and -4 the same slope?

8


What is the value of g in upward direction?

The value of acceleration due to gravity (g) in the upward direction is typically taken as -9.81 m/s^2, where the negative sign denotes the opposite direction from the conventionally positive direction of the acceleration vector.


Can the velocity of an object be negitive when its acceleration is positive?

That just means that the velocity and acceleration are in oppposite directions ... exactly the situation when a car is slowing down for a stop, or a ball is tossed upward and hasn't reached the peak yet.