Acceleration

      Hey guys, back again with a new post for you, but before we begin I'll ask a quick question. Would you or would you not like to fly a fighter jet? Please leave a comment in the comment section. So, this post is going to be on a topic that all you Forza fans are going to love. It is what makes race car driving fun, causes screams of fear as you plummet to the bottom of a roller coaster, and is one the reasons why most people would not want to jump out of a plane. Did you guess it yet? Well if you didn't, it's acceleration.

 

Acceleration at its finest
 

      Acceleration by definition is the speed at which an object changes its velocity. When a car is driving down south on the highway at 60 miles per hour and then the car speeds up to 70 miles per hour, this is an example of acceleration. Acceleration can also be measured by a simple formula. Also, here's a video to help you understand this formula. There are three types of acceleration: speeding up, slowing down, and changing direction.



Acceleration formula

 

      Now that we know what acceleration is, let's learn the difference between positive and negative acceleration. One way to accelerate is to accelerate positively. This means that an object speeds up. An example of this is a kid on a skate board ramp. On the ramp, the kid is not moving, but when he starts to go down the ramp, he accelerates positively, or speeds up. Another type of acceleration is negative acceleration. This is when an object decelerates (or slows down its acceleration). If a car dives at 60 miles per hour, but then slows down to 50 miles, it has decelerated.

Accelerate

 

      Finally, lets learn how acceleration is graphed. The X axis of the graph is reserved for time. The Y axis displays intervals of acceleration. The line on the graph represents the acceleration of the object. A U shape of a graph represents positive acceleration, a n shape on a graph represents a decrease in acceleration, and a straight line represents no change in acceleration.

 

Acceleration Graph

 

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