Drewski said:
). If the initial position is positive and "large" enough, the graph stays above the horizontal axis and the position never becomes negative.Negative velocity is a measure of an object's speed and direction, where the object is moving in the opposite direction of a reference point. It is denoted by a negative value in a velocity vector.
Negative velocity indicates that an object is moving in the opposite direction of a reference point, while positive velocity indicates that the object is moving in the same direction as the reference point. In terms of magnitude, negative velocity has a smaller value than positive velocity.
Yes, it is possible for an object to have a negative velocity and positive acceleration. This means that while the object is moving in the opposite direction of the reference point, its speed is increasing in that direction.
Negative velocity is represented by a line on a velocity-time graph that has a negative slope, with the steeper the slope, the greater the magnitude of the negative velocity. The line will be below the x-axis if time is plotted on the horizontal axis and velocity on the vertical axis.
Some real-life examples of negative velocity include a car moving in reverse, a ball thrown downwards, or a person walking backwards. These objects are all moving in the opposite direction of a reference point, making their velocity negative.