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Can an object have an instantaneous velocity if it has zero acceleration?

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Of course ! If the object is moving, then it has speed and direction, which make velocity. If neither of them is changing, then the object's acceleration is zero.

User Jin Ling
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maybe yes, because the instantaneous velocity is the velocity the object has at a particular moment, so even that object has zero acceleration, it can have instantaneous velocity
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