Question

Can an object have an eastward velocity experiencing westward acceleration give reason?
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Answer 1

yes it is possible,

suppose a less friction exerting body placed on the top of another object.

in this situation if lower body moves with some acceleration then the upper body exert a same acceleration in backward direction.

example :- heavy loads are tightly banded on trucks because of if truck required any velocity then the object exert same velocity in opposite directions.



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Answer 2

Hi!!!

✴Yes, an object can have an eastward velocity experiencing westward acceleration. This is because for any object the the direction of velocity can be different from the direction of acceleration.

✴$\bf{EXAMPLE:}$ Let a car travel eastward with a constant (fixed) velocity, V.

(Here the friction between the wheels and the road is taken as negligible or zero)

The car will continue to travel at the same speed until an acceleration is caused.

(Acceleration does not only mean increase in velocity in physics. An Acceleration can be a decrease in velocity also. When there is a decrease in velocity, the acceleration is said to be negative)

Now suppose the brakes are applied and so the car slows down. In this situation the acceleration is negative because the velocity decreases. Since the car was travelling in the eastward direction, we can say that the eastward acceleration was negative.

But what about the westward acceleration?

Here the westward acceleration is $\bf{positive}$. (simply because the eastward acceleration was negative)

✴In the above example it was seen that even when the car was travelling eastward but the positive acceleration was in the westward direction. So, an object can have an eastward velocity experiencing westward acceleration.

I HOPE IT MAY HELP!!!