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Name: Understanding acceleration
ID: m13770
Language: English (en)
Summary: Acceleration exists where net external force exists. The acceleration of an object is determined by the mass of the object and net external force applied. Most important aspect of acceleration is that it is independent of motion i.e. velocity.
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: acceleration, k-12, kinematics, motion, physics, velocity
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5 plus MathML//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 2.0
Authors: Sunil Kumar Singh (sunilkr99@yahoo.com)
Copyright Holders: Sunil Kumar Singh (sunilkr99@yahoo.com)
Maintainers: Sunil Kumar Singh (sunilkr99@yahoo.com)
Latest version: 1.9 (history)
First publication date: Aug 12, 2006 12:19 pm -0500
Last revision to module: Sep 26, 2008 9:55 am -0500

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