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If an object is at rest or stopped, what is its velocity, acceleration, or speed?

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Everything is zero. Because it's at rest.

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Thus, even though the velocity of an object at rest must be zero, acceleration can clearly be non-zero for objects at rest. A particle that is thrown vertically upwards stops momentarily at the highest point of motion.

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