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If an object is moving at a constant rate of 2 m/s. Does it still count as acceleration?

 Sep 13, 2017
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No.  It has a constant velocity of  2m/s.   Acceleration means that the  velocity is increasing (  it is changing   ie  NOT constant).   If it is stated that the object is moving with a constant velocity,it cannot be accelerating. 

 

The difference : Constant velocity ,the object's  velocity stays the same and never changes

                        : acceleration , the object's velocity is continually changing (increasing)

Also note that

 

if the  constant velocity is given in m/s  

then the acceleration will be given in m/s/s    which is usually written as  m/s^(-2)

 Sep 13, 2017
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great job!

OwenT154  Sep 13, 2017
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Also.....If the object's speed is decreasing, it is accelerating...or if the speed is constant and the object is changing its direction, it is accelerating.

 

My dad used to quiz me on this all the time while riding in the car, haha smiley

 Sep 13, 2017
edited by hectictar  Sep 13, 2017
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Acceleration is the rate of progress in the speed of a protest as it moves. If a question keeps up a consistent speed, it is not quickening. Increasing speed just happens when the speed of the question changes. In the event that the question is changing speed at a steady rate, Do My Assignment For Me. the protest is moving with consistent acceleration. You can compute the rate of increasing speed, measured in meters every second every second, in view of the time it takes you to travel between various velocities, or in light of the mass of a question.

 Sep 13, 2017
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Thank you for this information, I will use it frequently!

OwenT154  Sep 14, 2017
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If an object is moving at a constant rate of 2 m/s, then it has an acceleration of 0 m/s/s.

 Sep 14, 2017

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