When a body is stationary:

There is no force acting on it

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The forces acting on it are not in a contact with it

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The combination of forces acting on it balance each other

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The body is in vacuum

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Solution

The correct option is C The combination of forces acting on it balance each other
A body is at rest only if the combination of all the forces acting on it is zero. Otherwise, the body will have some acceleration because according to the law of inertia an object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.

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