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Can kinetic energy of a body be negative ?

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A body of mass m moving with a velocity v has kinetic energy `1/2 mv^2` . M cannot be negative, and `v^2` being the square of a real quantity , cannot also be negative. Hence, kinetic energy of a body cannot be negative.
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