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It is asked to explain whether an object can have zero acceleration and nonzero velocity at the same time with examples.

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

The acceleration is the rate of change of velocity. Whenever there is a change in velocity, the object undergoes an acceleration.
Acceleration vector is defined as

 
 
Here   is the velocity vector and   is the time.
So, whenever the magnitude or the direction of the velocity changes, there is a non-zero value of acceleration corresponding to it.

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