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What is positive and negative acceleration?
Positive acceleration = speeding up. Negative acceleration = slowing down.
Can acceleration ever be negative?
Acceleration is negative when the object is moving in the opposite direction. on a graph the line would be in the negative quadrant.
Is retardation positive or negative acceleration?
Retardation or deceleration is negative acceleration. It is opposite to the direction of velocity.
How is a negative acceleration different from a positive acceleration?
Actually, it depends on how you define the coordinate axes, but usually when moving forward, negative acceleration decreasesspeed, positive acceleration increasesit.
What is negative acceleration also called?
Negative acceleration is also called as deceleration.
Why is retardation called negative acceleration?
retardation is nothing but the decrease in speed. so if the increase in speed can be taken as positive then for sure decrease in speed can be taken as negative acceleration.
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.
Can a car have negative velocity and negative acceleration?
It cannot have negative velocity, it can have negative acceleration.
Can there be a positive acceleration and a 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.
What is negative and acceleration?
Positive acceleration = speeding up. Negative acceleration = slowing down.
What is positive and negative acceleration?
Positive acceleration = speeding up. Negative acceleration = slowing down.
A plane taking off is a negative acceleration?
A plane landing is a negative acceleration - "negative" meaning it slows down.
True or false Negative acceleration always means that a system is 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
What is positive acceleration negative acceleration?
Positive is speeding up and negative is slowing down
Can acceleration ever be negative?
Acceleration is negative when the object is moving in the opposite direction. on a graph the line would be in the negative quadrant.
Is retardation positive or negative acceleration?
Retardation or deceleration is negative acceleration. It is opposite to the direction of velocity.
What is negative accelertion?
Acceleration is any change in velocity. Negative acceleration is when the change is such that the speed decreases.
