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In Physics / High School | 2014-10-02

What's the difference between acceleration and velocity?

Asked by jackie16

Answer (3)

Velocity is the speed at which an object is moving, and the direction in which it's moving.
Acceleration is the rate at which the object's velocity is changing, and the direction in which it's changing.

Answered by AL2006 | 2024-06-10

Acceleration is describing how an object changes its velocity with time. Velocity is defined as Displacement of a body in a particular time.

Answered by softballgurl | 2024-06-10

Velocity is the speed of an object in a given direction, while acceleration measures how quickly that velocity changes. Both are vector quantities, with velocity defining current motion and acceleration describing change in that motion. Understanding this difference is crucial in physics as they represent different aspects of an object's movement.
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Answered by AL2006 | 2024-12-26