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प्रश्न
What do you understand about negative acceleration?
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उत्तर
If v < u, i.e. if final velocity is less than initial velocity, the velocity decreases with time and the value of acceleration is negative. It is called negative acceleration. It is also called as retardation (or) deceleration.
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