Mark, Your teacher was correct. But for another reason. There is no such word as deacceleration. I believe the writer meant to say deceleration which is a word that means to reduce speed. Garrett Adams 83.5 Adventurewagen GL Stockton, California -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf Of Mark Dorm Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2000 9:15 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Better gas mileage without $$$$
acceleration is negative or positive - there is no such thing as deacceleration... I lost points on a test once for thinking there was - teacher was a hard a##. |
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