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Acceleration of a body can never be negative.


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True

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False

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Solution

The correct option is B

False


Acceleration is the rate of change in velocity, i.e. acceleration=Final velocityInitial velocityTime. If the final velocity is less than the initial velocity than the acceleration becomes negative. The negative acceleration is called retardation.


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