If a car traveling at 75 mph west, changes its direction to east, does it accelerate?

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Scrthq · Answer 1 · 2022-02-27T14:38:08+0000

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Yes, that's right, a change in the direction of motion results in an acceleration even if the moving object neither sped up nor slowed down. That's because acceleration depends on the change in velocity and velocity is a vector quantity — one with both magnitude and direction.

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If a car traveling at 75 mph west, changes its direction to east, does it accelerate?

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