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If you push a sled downhill do you get a negative or positive acceleration

User Mike ASP
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Negative! Acceleration is calculated by dividing change in speed by total time.
User Vorsprung
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Answer: Positive

Step-by-step explanation:

Hi there, you should get positive acceleration.

The equation for acceleration is:

a= (change in velocity/change in time)

Because both of these values are positive, the resulting acceleration is also positive.

Hope this helps!

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