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Negative acceleration is opposite to the direction of which quantity?

RRB ALP & Technician 09/08/2018 / Shift-I 2018
✓ Answer: A Velocity
The source uses “negative acceleration” to mean retardation, which acts opposite to velocity. In general, the sign of acceleration depends on the chosen coordinate direction.
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