Science question: Lauren rode the bus home from the mall on Saturday. She felt the bus accelerate as it left the parking lot, and then the bus turned right. The bus drove east away from the freeway for 5 minutes before exiting, decelerating and stopping at the stoplight. Then it turned left and slowed to a stop at the end of Lauren's street. All of these action describe a change in velocity
A. "She felt the bus accelerate"
B. "The bus turned right"
C. "It turned left and slowed down"
D. "The bus drove east on the freeway for five minutes"

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Science question: Lauren rode the bus home from the mall on Saturday. She felt the bus accelerate as it left the parking lot, and then the bus turned right. The bus drove east away from the freeway for 5 minutes before exiting, decelerating and stopping at the stoplight. Then it turned left and slowed to a stop at the end of Lauren's street. All of these action describe a change in velocity 
A. "She felt the bus accelerate" 
B. "The bus turned right"
C. "It turned left and slowed down" 
D. "The bus drove east on the freeway for five minutes"

anonymous · Answer

It turned left and slowed down. Velocity is a vector which means that there is direction and magnitude. Direction is the left turn and the magnitude is it slowed down.