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A car travels along east and its velocity decreases. The acceleration of the car is in which direction (northward, eastward, southward, or westward)? Explain.

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It explains the relationship between the velocity and the acceleration.

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The acceleration is defined as the change of the velocity at certain time, which means

a = (delta V)/(delta t)

If we ...

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