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icang
8 days ago
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If the position of an object is zero at one instant, what is true about the velocity of that object?

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1 answer:
ValentinkaMS [1.1K]8 days ago
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If the position of an object is zero at a particular moment, this does not provide any indication about its velocity. It might simply be moving through that point, and you observed it exactly when it was at zero.
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