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A ball rolls across a smooth surface at a steady 0.5 m/s. What is its acceleration? m/s^2?

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Answer:

0m/s²

Step-by-step explanation:

The acceleration of the given body whose motion has been described will be zero.

This is because the body moves with a constant velocity.

Acceleration is defined as the rate of change of velocity with time.

Since in this problem, the velocity is not changing per time, then the acceleration would be zero.

A body moving steadily implies that such body is not changing its motion by the virtue of its velocity and even direction.

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