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When do you have constant speed but non-zero acceleration?

In this tutorial you will see how it is possible to have constant speed, but not zero acceleration.

Summary

  1. a with an arrow- acceleration vector
  2. ∆v with an arrow- change in velocity vector
  3. ∆t- change in time
  4. mph- miles per hour

Notes

    1. a with an arrow- acceleration vector
    2. ∆v with an arrow- change in velocity vector
    3. m- meters, s- seconds
    1. The diagram will show a car that has a constant speed, but has a changing velocity and therefore a nonzero acceleration!
    1. In our example, the car had an acceleration vector pointing to the right because the car direction changed, even though the speed was always 50 mph