Re: Questions on Neg. and Pos. Acceleration

[jmanor <jmanor@REMC4.K12.MI.US>]

Thank you for your answer it was helpful, but could you translate the quote by
Karl Jung?  It is an interesting quote that I can not locate what it means.
Thank you.

"Spagna Jr., George" wrote:

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> From: jmanor [mailto:jmanor@REMC4.K12.MI.US]
> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 1999 7:36 AM
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> Subject: Questions on Neg. and Pos. Acceleration
>
> Is it possible for an object to have a negative acceleration while
> increasing in speed?  And also can you explain if the velocity of an
> object be negative when its acceleration is positive and vice versa?
>
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> Negative acceleration while increasing in speed would certainly describe the
> situation of negative velocity in some coordinate system with acceleration
> having a component in the same direction.
>
> Yes to the second question, also, for the same reason.
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