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When you ride your bike around a corner at 10 m/s, you are accelerating?

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Answer:

yes because acceleration is a vector quantity and as u turn around a corner you are changing direction.

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When you ride your bike around a corner at 10 m/s, you are accelerating. Acceleration is caused by any forces. Sliding friction keeps you in the seat when a car goes around a corner. If you throw a ball into the air, Earth exerts a force on the ball.

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