Question

a car is driving around a curved part of a road as shown below: the dots in t... show the location of the car every 1 second as it drives aroun... they are equal distances apart. consider the... when it’s at the position shown in the diagram. complete th... the car dropdown accelerating. this must be true because it is dropdown.

Explanation:

Step1: Analyze Motion Type

The car moves along a curved path. Even if speed (magnitude of velocity) is constant, direction changes. Acceleration involves change in velocity (speed or direction).

Step2: Determine Acceleration

Since velocity (vector) changes due to direction change in circular/curved motion, the car is accelerating. The reason is its direction of motion is changing (or moving in a curve, or velocity is changing).

Answer:

• The car \(\boldsymbol{\text{is}}\) accelerating. This must be true because it is \(\boldsymbol{\text{changing direction (or moving along a curved path, or its velocity is changing)}}\).