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Chapter 2: Q7. (page 41)

Give an example where both the velocity and acceleration are negative.

Short Answer

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The velocity and acceleration are negative when the car is traveling in the negative x-direction and speeding up.

Step by step solution

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Step 1. Meaning of velocity

The rate of change in the displacement of a body is known as the velocity of the body. It is a vector quantity.

In other words, the slope of the displacement versus time graph represents the velocity of the body.

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Step 2. Citing an example where both the velocity and acceleration are negative

Consider the positive y-axis as the upward direction and the negative y-axis as the downward direction.

When an object is released from a certain height, it falls downward. The object's velocity is downward and negative while it is increasing in magnitude. Hence, the object’s acceleration is negative.

Therefore, the object falling from a certain height has negative velocity and negative acceleration.

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