Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Velocity vs. Acceleration

Velocity is the rate and direction of the change in the position of an object.
ie. A car going down a curvy road at 50 mph experiences a chaning velocity as it goes from one turn to the next.



Acceleration is is the rate of change of velocity with time.
ie. A car only experiences acceleration when it starts moving from a stop. The same car going down the curvy road at a constant speed of 50 mph experiences no change in acceleration.

1 comment:

bre said...

do you really get this stuff, david?? maybe ur gonna have tyo explain it to me sometime in class.
nd good game last night. lol.