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4 years ago

If an airplane is moving at a constant speed of 500 miles per hour in a straight line is it accelerating?

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2 answers:

Hunter-Best [27]4 years ago

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You just said "constant speed", and "straight line" which means constant direction.

"Acceleration" means any change of speed or direction of motion. Since neither of those is changing, no acceleration is happening.

Zinaida [17]4 years ago

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No. It’s moving at a constant speed (speed is not changing) in a straight line (same direction so velocity is not changing) so it is not accelerating. Acceleration only occurs if there’s a change in speed/velocity.

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