Saturday, December 13, 2008

Acceleration

An object can change speed. An increase in speed is called
acceleration. Acceleration occurs only when there is a change
in the force acting upon the object. An object can also change
from a higher to a lower speed. This is known as deceleration
(negative acceleration). A rotating object, for example, can
accelerate from 10 RPM to 20 RPM, or decelerate from 20
RPM to 10 RPM.

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