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When driving a 1999 mercury cougar occasionally when breaking the car will jerk to one side but when accelerating shortly after the car will jerk in the opposite direction what could this be?
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∙ 14y ago
Sounds like a broken or loose suspension component on your driving wheels. This could be deadly. Better take it in to a professional -------- now.
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∙ 14y ago
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How can you tell if an object is accelerating?
You know that a car is accelerating because you will be pulled in a direction opposite the force that is accelerating the car. This is Newton's Third Law: "For every force, there is an equal and opposite force".
How the laws of magnetism are in the generation of elecrcity?
accelerating or de-accelerating magnetic field lines across a conductive wire produce an electric current in the opposite direction.
Is a car still accelerating if it's slowing down?
Yes it has negative acceleration, which is acceleration in the opposite direction of travel. It is called deceleration.
How does force make an object stop moving?
By accelerating it in the direction opposite to its motion, and then quickly removing the force when it's speed is zero.
Give an example in which velocity is zero yet acceleration is not zero?
Velocity is directional, so if something is accelerating in the opposite direction from the one it is moving it, there will come a point where it has 0 velocity but still has accelerating. If you throw a ball at the ground and it bounces, for example.
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.
What forces do you apply when you use an inclined plane?
It depends precisely on the inclination of the place in the direction where forced is apply, other wise two forces in opposite direction work in breaking the plane.
How can an object be accelerating if it's slowing down?
Acceleration doesn't mean "speeding up". It only means that the speed or direction of motion, or both, are changing. Speeding up is positive acceleration in the direction you're moving. Slowing down is negative acceleration in the direction you're moving, or positive acceleration in the opposite direction.
What causes the speed of an object to decrease?
An object that is slowing down is moving or in motion until it stops.It is not necessarily accelerating, as an accelerating object will begin traveling in the opposite direction after it stops. For example, a ball thrown into the air will slow down as the force of the earth's gravity causes it to accelerate downwards. For an instant, the ball will be motionless before moving towards the earth.
If a car is traveling eastward can its acceleration be westward?
Yes. If you are traveling eastward but slowing down, your acceleration would be westward.
What is the opposite of breaking the law?
The opposite is obeying the law.
How do you work out the deceleration?
Same as acceleration - just remember that "deceleration" is an acceleration in a direction opposite to the direction of movement.Same as acceleration - just remember that "deceleration" is an acceleration in a direction opposite to the direction of movement.Same as acceleration - just remember that "deceleration" is an acceleration in a direction opposite to the direction of movement.Same as acceleration - just remember that "deceleration" is an acceleration in a direction opposite to the direction of movement.
