Net force: Add the forces algebraically. In this case, since they are in opposite directions, you subtract.
Acceleration: Use Newton's Second Law: F = ma. Solving for a: a = F/m.
Sure. Anything that's slowing down has velocity and acceleration in opposite directions. -- A ball tossed up in the air has upward velocity and downward acceleration. -- A car stopping for a red light has forward velocity and backward acceleration.
Sure. Anything that's slowing down has velocity and acceleration in opposite directions. -- A ball tossed up in the air has upward velocity and downward acceleration. -- A car stopping for a red light has forward velocity and backward acceleration.
The moving object is slowing down.
It slow down, and eventually reverse direction.
Presumably, the forces are in opposite directions. In that case, the total force is zero, and there will be no acceleration.
Sure. Anything that's slowing down has velocity and acceleration in opposite directions. -- A ball tossed up in the air has upward velocity and downward acceleration. -- A car stopping for a red light has forward velocity and backward acceleration.
Sure. Anything that's slowing down has velocity and acceleration in opposite directions. -- A ball tossed up in the air has upward velocity and downward acceleration. -- A car stopping for a red light has forward velocity and backward acceleration.
The moving object is slowing down.
Yes. Mathematically, they have opposite signs. So they are opposing vectors. In terms of physics, they represent the effects of forces acting in opposite directions.
Hysteresis
Of course. A car with brakes applied and slowing down has forward velocity and rearward acceleration.
It slow down, and eventually reverse direction.
Presumably, the forces are in opposite directions. In that case, the total force is zero, and there will be no acceleration.
This would indicate negative acceleration, which would mean that the object in question is speeding up.
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.
No, they are always in the same direction, as expressed in Newton's Second Law, which is usually expressed as: F=ma (force = mass x acceleration). In this equation, acceleration is a vector, so when multiplying it by a mass (which is NOT a vector), you get another vector that points in the same direction.
Yes it can, and it's really easy. -- A stone tossed upward, before it peaks and starts falling, has upward velocity and downward acceleration. -- A car driving east and slowing for a stop-sign has eastward velocity and westward acceleration.