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A car goes faster when you accelerate. It slows down when you brake.

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Why a driver will make his car accelerate or decelerate?

To make the car go or slow down.


Does a car accelerate when it goes around a corner at a steady pace?

no the car must use its brakes to slow down when it goes around a corner


Does friction always slow stuff down?

Sort of. If you slam on the brakes of your car, the car slows down. But in the coordinate system of the things inside the car, you appear to accelerate out of your seat and through the windscreen.


When carrying a passenger on a motorcycle the motorcycle requires time to accelerate slow down and make other maneuvers?

accelerate. slow down. make other maneuvers.


How do the direction of a car's velocity and acceleration compare when the car is slowing down?

-- Its kinetic energy decreases. -- If the process continues, the car may stop altogether.


3 ways to accelerate?

To change the acceleration of a car: speed up, slow down or turn. Acceleration is any change in velocity. Velocity is "how fast" and in "what direction". To speed up is to accelerate (increase the velocity). To slow down is to deaccelerate (decrease the velocity) To turn is also a form of acceleration (changes the direction of the velocity).


How do you avoid a side impact collision?

you can slow down or accelerate quickly.


Why is it that when you slow down you accelerate?

Acceleration is any change in velocity. Slowing down is a negative acceleration.


What is the antonym of synonym of accelerate?

Synonyms of accelerate: forward, speed up, advance, stimulate, quicken, hurry Antonyms of accelerate: decelerate, slow down, retard


What are the three way that an object can accelerate?

speed up slow down turn


Does a car turning into a parking lot accelerate?

Not usually unless he is going to slow to start of with.


What does unbalanced forces do to a car?

The same as they do to any other object.