I think that's because while it goes down the Car gains certain momentum and a pull due to gravity which makes its SPEED magnitude increase....
Final velocity minus starting velocity, divided by time it took. Ex. Speeding up you car from 40mph to 60 mph when going on to freeway. It took 2 seconds. 60mph - 20mph= 40mph/2sec =20mph 20mph is your acceleration.
By changing direction. Acceleration is a change in velocity. Since velocity takes direction into account, while speed does not, an object can having a changing velocity even while its speed remains the same. And while that object is changing its velocity by changing its direction, it is accelerating, regardless of its speed remaining constant. For example, if a car is driving north at constant speed of 20mph, its speed is 20mph, while its velocity is 20mph towards the north. At this point, the car is not accelerating. Now if the car turns a corner to head east while maintaining its speed of 20mph, its velocity is changing from 20mph northward to 20mph north-eastward and finally to 20mph eastward. As it is turning, it is accelerating. However, as soon as it stops turning, the car is no longer accelerating.
A vector. This is because the quantity given has a magnitude (20mph) and a direction (North). It is also an example of a velocity.
Yes in a form. It can not be literaly -20mph but in deceleration it is. when you slow down a car to a stop that is negative volocity. and volacity is speed+direction. ex: 30mph east. so if your travaling 20mph west then slow to a stop it changes to -20mph west. (until you start going east) but because volacity is a messure of speed then yes it is possible. but not like when approching the speed of light when time slows down, if you go slower than it by so much then it speeds up. (because the speed cant be that form and has to be in directiog)
Velocity is a vector quantity that refers to the rate at which an object changes its position. It includes both the speed of the object and the direction of its motion. It is measured in units of distance per unit of time.
No, I hit someone with a car at 20mph, but they where up a hill, and he just fell to the ground and crawled away, i really dont think there was much if any damage done... he hit my car with a baseball bat that is why I hit him if people are wondering...
no, closer to 40 feet (20mphx20 (squared mph)/20 +20mph)
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It depends on the reaction time of the driver. This could be affected by his reaction speed or whether he is intoxicated. In any case the faster he is travelling the longer the thinking distance will be.
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