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What is the difference between positive and negative acceleration

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Positive acceleration is speeding up and negative acceleration is slowing down.

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An object which moves in the positive direction has a positive velocity. If the object is slowing down then its acceleration vector is directed in the opposite direction as its motion

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An object which moves in the positive direction has a positive velocity. If the object is slowing down then its acceleration vector is directed in the opposite direction as its motion

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