Acceleration Around a Turn

Acceleration Around a Turn#

As you drive clockwise around a turn (as viewed from above), you see backed-up traffic ahead and so you slow down.

Part 1#

In which of the figures below does the arrow best represent the acceleration of the van?

Figures of the same vehicle with the acceleration arrow pointing in different directions.
Long Description of image: Figures of the same vehicle with the acceleration arrow pointing in different directions.
The acceleration arrow in A is pointing directly towards the centre of the track, in B the acceleration arrow points below the horizontal, and in C the acceleration arrow points above the horizontal.

Long description ends.

Answer Section#

  • Figure A

  • Figure B

  • Figure C

  • None of the above

Attribution#

Problem is licensed under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
The Creative Commons 4.0 license requiring attribution-BY, non-commercial-NC, and share-alike-SA license.