Physics of Everyday Phenomena
9th Edition
ISBN: 9781259894008
Author: W. Thomas Griffith, Juliet Brosing Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 2, Problem 18CQ
A car just starting up from a stop sign has zero velocity at the instant it starts. Must the acceleration of the car also be zero at this instant? Explain.
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