Deceleration and Acceleration: Opposites or One and the Same?

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Deceleration in one direction can be viewed as acceleration in the opposite direction, as both concepts relate to changes in velocity. When slowing down while moving upwards in an elevator, one is technically accelerating downwards. This perspective aligns with the definition of acceleration as a change in speed, regardless of the direction of movement. For example, reducing speed from 100 mph to 50 mph can be interpreted as an acceleration towards negative speed. Thus, deceleration and acceleration are interconnected concepts rather than strictly opposites.
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Homework Statement


If you decelerate in one direction, are you accelerating in the opposite direction? Ex. You are standing in an elevator and are slowing down, going upwards- are you accelerating downwards since you're decelerating in the opposite direction, upwards?

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I think this is true.
 
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Yea, I agree,
While driving if you go from 100mph to 50mph, then in the other direction you are going from -100mph to -50mph, if you take the definition of acceleration as an increase in speed, then yes you are technically accelerating in the other direction even while moving less than 0mph towards it
 
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