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If a train is traveling due north and its brakes are applied, it will have?


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Deceleration:

  1. When brakes are applied to a moving body, it undergoes a negative acceleration or deceleration.
  2. The deceleration occurs until the body comes to rest.
  3. Therefore, we can see that deceleration opposes the motion of a body.
  4. That's why it acts in the direction opposite to the direction of the motion.

Hence, if a train is traveling due north and its brakes are applied, it will have a deceleration due south.


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