Which of the following cannot possibly be accelerating? (Check all that apply.) An object moving with constant speed An object moving with constant velocity An object moving along a curve An object moving along a straight line

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Which of the following cannot possibly be accelerating? (Check all that
apply.)
An object moving with constant speed
An object moving with constant velocity
An object moving along a curve
An object moving along a straight line
Transcribed Image Text:Which of the following cannot possibly be accelerating? (Check all that apply.) An object moving with constant speed An object moving with constant velocity An object moving along a curve An object moving along a straight line
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Acceleration is the name we give to any process where the velocity changes. Since velocity is a speed and a direction, there are only two ways for an object to accelerate: changing its  speed or changing its direction or changing both.

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