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(a) Is it possible to be accelerating if...

(a) Is it possible to be accelerating if you are travelling at constant speed?
(b) Is it possible to move on a curved path with zero acceleration, constant acceleration, variable acceleration

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If speed is constant, velocity may change due of velocity so acceleration may not be zero when speed is constant. Actually in uniform circular motion speed = constt but acc. `!=0`.
For motion on a curve we at lest have to change the direction of motion, so we will require a force, and hence acceleration, i.e, it is not possible to round a curve with zero acceleration. However, in rounding a curve acceleration may be constant or variable. In case of projectile motion acceleration is constant `(=vec(g))` while in case of circular motion acceleration `!=` const. either due to change in direction or both change in direction and magitude.
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