MCQ
When an object is accelerated:
- AIts direction must be constant
- BIts velocity is necessarily changing
- CIts velocity is constant
- DIts speed is necessarily changing
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Answer
- Its velocity is necessarily changing
Explanation:
Acceleration is the time rate of change of velocity.
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