Vehicle Speed

Vehicle Speed#

A person is initially driving a car east down a straight road. The magnitude of the instantaneous acceleration is decreasing with time, but the direction of the acceleration is always to the east.

Part 1#

The speed of the car is:

Answer Section#

  • constant

  • increasing

  • decreasing

  • increasing but then decreasing

  • decreasing but then increasing

Attribution#

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