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2 years ago

If an object is not accelerating, how many forces act on it?

Physics

2 answers:

poizon [28]2 years ago

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Answer:

If there are no forces acting upon the object, then there is no acceleration. If there is no acceleration, then the object will move with a constant velocity.

Explanation:

Ann [662]2 years ago

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If an object is not accelerating, then zero net forces act on the object.

Explanation:

As per Newton's second laws of motion, an object exhibiting acceleration is directly proportionate to the net forces act on the objects and inversely proportionate to the object's mass.

But object's mass cannot be zero, so if the acceleration is zero for an object, the total forces act on that object will be zero. And for zero net force to occur, two equal but opposite forces are enough to nullify the net force. Thus if an object does not accelerate, then zero net force acts on the object.

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