why does supersonic airflow accelerate in a diverging nozzle

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I was watching a video about supersonic jets and they said subsonic airflow accelerates in a converging nozzle and supersonic air flow accelerates in a diverging nozzle so supersonic planes use a converging nozzle to accelerate the airflow to supersonic speed then a diverging nozzle to accelerate it more. Why does it accelerate in diverging nozzles at supersonic speeds?

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