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Can an object have zero velocity and nonzero acceleration at the same time? Give examples.
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Yes. For example, a rock thrown straight up in the air has a constant, nonzero acceleration due to gravity for its entire flight. However, at the highest point it momentarily has a zero velocity. A car, at the moment it starts moving from rest, has zero velocity and nonzero acceleration.
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1 of 2If an object is at the instant of reversing direction (like an object thrown upward, at the top of its path), it instantaneously has a zero velocity and a non-zero acceleration at the same time. A person at the exact bottom of a “bungee” cord plunge also has an instantaneous velocity of zero but a nonzero (upward) acceleration at the same time.
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