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Grade 9General Physics

What is negative acceleration?

Profile image of Aarthi
12 Years agoGrade 9
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Profile image of Sher Mohammad
12 Years ago
when net force is acting in opposite direction to the motion, acceleration of the body will be negative.
it is also called deceleration.velocity of body will decrease it that case.
Profile image of KAPIL MANDAL
11 Years ago
Thank you sir for this answer. Thank you very much.
Profile image of shubham sharda
11 Years ago
negative accelaration is deaccelaration. When the force acting oa body is opposite to its direction of motion, it is called negative accelaration.