Explain why, when braking a vehicle, the vector of its acceleration is directed opposite to the vector of speed.
| May 19, 2021 | education
During deceleration, the vector increment of speed for some time Δt has a minus sign. Since the acceleration is equal to the ratio of the velocity increment to a positive time interval, the acceleration will also have a minus sign, which indicates its direction – against the velocity.
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