The net external force acting on an object is zero. Is it possible for the object to be traveling with a velocity that is not zero if the answer is yes state whether any conditions must be placed on the magnitude and direction of velocity?

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Marina Dorsey

Physics

30 September, 13:15

The net external force acting on an object is zero. Is it possible for the object to be traveling with a velocity that is not zero if the answer is yes state whether any conditions must be placed on the magnitude and direction of velocity?

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Yes, this is according to the Newton's first law of motion.

Neither its direction nor its velocity changes during this course of motion.

Explanation:

Yes, it is very well in accordance with Newton's first law of motion for a body with no force acting on it and it travels with a non-zero velocity.

During such a condition the object will have a constant velocity in a certain direction throughout its motion. Neither its direction nor its velocity changes during this course of motion.