If bus is travelling eastwards can its acceleration be westward ? Explain?
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Yes. If the velocity and acceleration are in opposite directions, the object is slowing down.
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Yes, if it is slowing down.
Let's say, for example, that your bus is traveling eastward, so we have defined east as the positive direction. If you apply the breaks, the acceleration becomes negative in the eastward direction, which means it is positive in the westward direction, as west would be defined to be negative. Basically, you can always think of "retardation " as "acceleration in the negative direction."
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Let's say, for example, that your bus is traveling eastward, so we have defined east as the positive direction. If you apply the breaks, the acceleration becomes negative in the eastward direction, which means it is positive in the westward direction, as west would be defined to be negative. Basically, you can always think of "retardation " as "acceleration in the negative direction."
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