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When an object is accelerating?

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An object is accelerating when its speed or direction changes

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Acceleration means that the velocity (NOT necessarily the speed) changes over time.

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Any of these three things means acceleration:

-- speed is increasing

-- speed is decreasing

-- direction of motion is changing, like driving on a curve

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When an unbalanced force acts on it.

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