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Is it possible, that a body is moving with negative acceleration still speeding up? Given reason for your answer.

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Yes, it is possible for e.g., when a ball is dropped from height, the acceleration acting on the ball is in the downward direction i.e., `-ve` direction (as the upward direction is assumed to be positive) but still its speed increases with time.
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