How to find when a particle is speeding up and slowing down?

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Jordyn Rocha

Physics

31 October, 23:44

How to find when a particle is speeding up and slowing down?

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Zackery Fitzgerald · Answer 1

A particle would be speeding up if its velocity and acceleration have the same sign (i. e. both are positive or both are negative. A particle would be slowing down if its velocity and acceleration have opposite signs (i. e. one is positive and the other negative).