You are driving a car at 65 mph. You are traveling north along a straight highway. What could you do to give the car a nonzero acceleration?

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Jairo Chen

11 March, 03:59

You are driving a car at 65 mph. You are traveling north along a straight highway. What could you do to give the car a nonzero acceleration?

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Tianna Pratt · Answer 1

I will either press the gas or the brake pedal or turn the steering wheel to give the car a nonzero acceleration.

Explanation:

Non-zero acceleration means non-stop acceleration. The velocity will keep changing always. It is possible to maintain the vehicle in non-zero acceleration. We should drive the vehicle in a circle. While driving the vehicle in a circle, the acceleration will constantly change the direction of the velocity. So there will be change in the velocity without change in the speed of the vehicle.

While driving the vehicle in 65 mph in a straight highway, the brake pedal can be pressed or the steering wheel can be turned to maintain the vehicle in nonzero acceleration.