Question

A car is traveling West on Old Milton Parkway at 100 km/hr when the driver spots a police cruiser in the bushes. The driver hits the brakes and the velocity of the car is reduced to 80 km/hr. How would you describe the acceleration of the car and driver? (Assume east is the positive direction).

The car had negative acceleration with velocity in the positive direction

A)The car had positive acceleration with velocity in the negative direction

B)The car experienced positive accelerationwith velocity in the negative direction

C)The car experienced negative acceleration with velocity in the positive direction.

Answer 1

The answer is option C) The car experienced negative acceleration with velocity in the positive direction.