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Can a body have a. Zero instantaneous velocity and yet be accelerating? b. Zero average speed but non-zero average velocity? c. Negative acceleration and yet be speeding up? d. Magnitude of average velocity be equal to average speed ?

Answer» a. Yes for example, a freely falling particle at its highest point has zero velocity but acceclerating downward.
b. No , if distance is zero then displacement is also zero,
c. Yes if velocity is also in the negative direction.
d. Yes if motion takes place continuously in one dirction.


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