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Consider a vehicle going on a horizontal road towards east. Neglect any force by the air. The frictional forces on the vehicle by the road.

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is towards east if the vehicle is accelerating
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is zero if the vehicle is moving with a uniform velocity
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C
must be towards east
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D
must be towards west
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Solution

The correct options are
C is towards east if the vehicle is accelerating
D is zero if the vehicle is moving with a uniform velocity
When the vehicle accelerating, to oppose the rotational torque the friction force should act towards east. For uniform velocity the friction is zero.
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