1. Can we have a case in which there is no force acting on an object and yet the object is traveling at a constant speed of 1000 mile per second?.,

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1. Can we have a case in which there is no force acting on an object and yet the object is traveling at a constant speed of 1000 mile per second?.,
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  No Can we have a case in which there is no force acting on an object and yet the object is traveling at a constant speed of 1000 mile per second. 

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No because Speed  is the magnitude of the velocity. If an object is moving at constant speed, its velocity does not necessarily will be constant, as the direction might be changing, such as in the case of uniform circular motion.

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According to Newton's second laws of motion 

F = ma 

Therefore     a = F/m    ( F = 0) 

Acceleration (a) = 0 

If there is no force applied to an object or if the forces applied to it balance each other, the net acceleration will be zero. The object will either be in rest or travel in a uniform straight line at constant velocity.

 

 

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