What does the direction of acceleration tells us?

Let's start with the definition of acceleration: Acceleration, is the rate of change of velocity of an object with respect to time. So can we say that for an object moving in the forward direction the acceleration is positive? No. read more

If the diection of motion is known then the direction of acceleration tells us whether its retardation or acceleration. If the acceleration is in the direction of motion the its acceleration otherwise if its opposite to the direction of motion then its retardation. read more

As the name might suggest the orientation of the angular acceleration vector tells us in which direction the object is accelerating (i.e. clockwise or counter-clockwise) according to your co-ordinate system. read more

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