A particle moves with uniform velocity. Which of the following statements about the motion of the particle is true?

Its speed is zero.

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Its acceleration is zero.

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Its acceleration is opposite to the velocity.

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Its speed may be variable.

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Solution

The correct option is B Its acceleration is zero.
Rate of change of velocity is known as acceleration with respect to time. So, if the particle moves with uniform velocity (i.e. its velocity is constant), the acceleration of particle is zero.

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(1) If speed of a body is varying, its velocity must be varying and it must have non-zero acceleration.

(2) If velocity of a body is varying, its speed must be varying.

(3) A body moving with varying velocity may have constant speed.

(4) A body moving with varying speed may have constant velocity, if its direction of motion remains constant.

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1. Variable velocity and constant speed

2.Constant speed and velocity

3.Variable speed and constant velocity

4.Zero instantaneous velocity and non-zero speed

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