When you apply brakes on a car the velocity is in forward direction but acceleration is in backward direction, so acceleration will be negative. It is also called deceleration.

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Jayati Thukral 4 years, 4 months ago

Yes! Acceleration means the rate in the change of velocity. So if the speed of the body is slowing down acceleration would be (-)tive

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