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Acceleration is any change in velocity. It could be a change in speed or direction. Technically, even slowing down is acceleration.

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An object cannot be accelerating if it has a constant speedtrue or false?

An object with a constant (vector)velocity is not accelerating. An object with a constand (scalar)speed can actually be accelerating, a car with a constant speed that passes around a corner is changing direction and is subjected to a lateral acceleration.


Can a body have constant speed and still be accelerating give example?

Yes. The simplest example is an object moving at a constant speed in a circle.


Are you accelerating if you are traveling in a constant direction with constant speed and explain?

No, you are not accelerating if you are traveling in a constant direction with a constant speed. Acceleration is the rate of change of velocity, so if your velocity remains constant, there is no acceleration.


Is a jogger moving at a constant speed accelerating?

No. An object is accelerating if it is changing speed or direction of travel. Since the person in question is running at a constant speed in a straight line, they are not accelerating.


Would you consider a car turning around a corner at a constant speed to be accelerating?

It depends on which direction you are resolving the acceleration from. If you use the original direction of the car as it turns it is decelerating as the speed it is moving in that direction is decreasing. If you resolve from the direction which the car will be going towards then it is accelerating as its speed in that direction is increasing.


Is something accelerating with a constant speed?

That is possible, for example, if an object moves around in a circle. In this case, the velocity changes all the time; the speed does not.


Does a car accelerate when it goes around a corner at a constant speed?

yes an acceleration is a change in speed and when you go around a corner you change your speed.


What is the formula for computing acceleration if we are given constant speed and time?

If you have a constant speed, you are not accelerating.


If a car is traveling in a straight line at a constant speed is it accelerating?

No. 'Acceleration' means a change in speed or direction over time. If the car is moving at a constant speed in a constant direction, then it isn't accelerating.


How is it possible to be accelerateing and to stay at a constant speed?

its not, if ur accelerating ur not staying at a constant speed.


How is it possible to be accelerating at a constant speed?

Since acceleration involves a change in velocity, and object might be accelerating even though its speed is constant.


Can an object that move at a constant speed be accelerating?

No, an object moving at a constant speed cannot be accelerating. Acceleration is defined as a change in velocity over time, so if the speed is constant, there is no change in velocity and therefore no acceleration.