Jenny and betty are having a great time at busch gardens riding the ubanga banga bumper cars. jenny, who is traveling southward in her bumper car, aims her car toward betty, who is traveling northward in her bumper car. the cars collide and briefly come to a stop. what is the direction of the acceleration of jenny's car during the collision? southward or northward?

The direction of the acceleration of Jenny's car during the collision is Northward.

Acceleration:

It is defined as the rate of change in the velocity or direction of body.

Here, the direction of Betty's car was Southward. After collision, both the cars comes to a stop.

It means that the cars were moving in the opposite direction.

Therefore, the direction of the acceleration of Jenny's car during the collision is Northward.

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Jenny is traveling southward.  In order to stop, she needs a northward acceleration.

A better way to say it:

Jenny is traveling southward in her bumper car, so the direction of her velocity is south.  In order to reduce her velocity to zero, a velocity of equal magnitude but directed north must be added to it.  Then the change in velocity is positive northward, and the change in velocity per unit time is acceleration.