You are at a red light in your car. The red light turns green, and you take your foot off the brake and step on the gas pedal, without turning the steering wheel. The speedometer changes from to in seconds. In those seconds, did the car change velocity? Is that an acceleration

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Brynlee Schultz

26 September, 19:01

You are at a red light in your car. The red light turns green, and you take your foot off the brake and step on the gas pedal, without turning the steering wheel. The speedometer changes from to in seconds. In those seconds, did the car change velocity? Is that an acceleration

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Justine Avila · Answer 1

YES

Explanation:

The car was at rest initially, the speedometer changed which means in the few seconds the car changed its speed (from rest). We know that the change is velocity is acceleration, Therefore the car changed velocity and this is called acceleration