How would it be possible for an object to be traveling with a constant speed and still be accelerating?

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Starr

Physics

12 August, 18:11

How would it be possible for an object to be traveling with a constant speed and still be accelerating?

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Rylee Richmond · Answer 1

An object which experiences either a change in the magnitude or the direction of the velocity vector can be said to be accelerating. This explains why an object moving in a circle at constant speed can be said to accelerate - the direction of the velocity changes.