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Acceleration can be defined as the rate at which velocity ________

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The speed is 20 m/s, and the direction is "downward". Acceleration is the rate of change of velocity. Usually, acceleration means the speed is changing, but not always. When an object moves in a circular path at a constant speed, it is still accelerating, because the direction of its velocity is changing.

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Acceleration is the rate of the change in velocity.

The answer would be the rate at which velocity changes.

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