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If an object is moving in an eastward direction and begins to decelerate, what is the direction of a?
Can you explain this using kinematics?
Also, can you explain the difference between a negative acceleration that results from a change in direction and a negative acceleration that results from a change in magnitude?
Thank you!
2 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Acceleration is directly proportional to force, so if there is a force making it decelerate (I'll assume is moving on a flat surface) then the force would be opposite, thus westward and acceleration would be westward. However, velocity continues eastward.
- tamarack58Lv 51 decade ago
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