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No. The direction of motion is obviously based on the direction it is moving. However the direction of acceleration is based on the direction of the forces acting on an object. If I throw a Baseball to you, it is moving horizontally, from me to you, however it has the force of gravity pulling it downwards, so the acceleration would point downwards. (There's also a little air resistance which is slowing it down. Air resistance is a form of friction, and friction always opposes motion. Since it's moving forward, air resistance would pull it backwards. So the acceleration would actually be a small amount back as well as straight down.)

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What is Newton's hypothesis?

Newton's hypothesis included the 3 laws of motion.The first law states that:Every object in a state of uniform motion tends to remain in that state of motion unless an external force is applied to it.His 2nd law states that:The relationship between an object's mass m, its acceleration a, and the applied force F is given by F = ma. Acceleration and force are vectors (as indicated by their symbols being displayed in bold font); in this law the direction of the force vector is the same as the direction of the acceleration vector.His 3rd law states that:For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.


How does inertia work?

It is exactly the same as momentum and covered by Newton's first law of motion. Inertia is a way of expressing the force required to get an object to move from rest, or the force required to change the velocity or direction of an object in motion. Anything that has mass will have inertia - a "resistance to move or change velocity or direction of motion".


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How does acceleration affect motion in the same direction?

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How does the direction of acceleration affect the directions of motion?

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What kind of motion occurs when velocity and acceleration are not in the same direction?

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Acceleration is against the direction of motion?

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