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Yes. If you are traveling eastward but slowing down, your acceleration would be westward.

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Yes. In fact, the acceleration can be in any direction.

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Yes. if it is slowing down it is decelerating, or accelerating backwards, or in the opposite direction

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Yes but only if you are reversing!

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Yes it can.

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Q: If a car is traveling eastward can its acceleration be westward?
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What is an example of a car traveling eastward and it acceleration be westward?

If it is braking while travelling eastward it is accelerating westward


Can an object have velocity and acceleration vectors that point in opposite directions?

Yes it can, and it's really easy. -- A stone tossed upward, before it peaks and starts falling, has upward velocity and downward acceleration. -- A car driving east and slowing for a stop-sign has eastward velocity and westward acceleration.


If a car is traveling westward with a constant velocity of 20 meters per second what is the net force acting on the car?

well as we know that velocity is a vector hence it has magnitude as well as direction. Let us assign sign conventions for direction of velocities in this example: Let eastward velocity be positive and westward be taken as negative. Initial Velocity:-20 Final Velocity:+5 CHange in velocity=Final velocity-Initial Valocity Change in Velocity=5-(-20)=25m/s So change in velocity will be 25m/s


What is the acceleration of a car traveling from 0 to 60 miles in 4 seconds?

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What is the acceleration of car that travels in a straight line at constant speed?

Straight line at a constant speed = no acceleration


How Can a body moving with certain velocity in the direction of east have acceleration in the direction of west?

velocity is a vector quantity and also acceleration is a vector quantity. Suppose my automobile is travelling in north direction and I apply brakes to it then until the automobile stops it will move in north direction while the acceleration will act in south direction as brakes are applied.


What is the acceleration of a car moving along a straight line path that increases its speed from zero?

the car could be traveling in a straight line and slowing down (negative acceleration), speeding up (positive acceleration) or maintaining constant speed (zero acceleration).


Can a car have negative velocity and positive acceleration at the same time if traveling on a highway?

Yes.If the car is backing up, but slowing down, then its velocity is in the negative direction, and its acceleration is in the positive direction.


If a car is traveling westward with a constant velocity of 20meters per seconds what is the net external force acting on it?

It's zero


What is the acceleration of a car that is going at a steady speed of 74 mph?

If something is traveling at a "steady" speed, it can't be accelerating.


What is the Acceleration of a car traveling at a constant speed of 60 miles per hour for 30 minutes?

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A car traveling in a straight line has a velocity of 5.0 ms After an acceleration of 0.75 ms squared the cars velocity is 8.0 ms In what time interval did the acceleration occur?

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