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Give examples where a. the velocity of a particle is zero but its acceleration is not zero. b.the velocity is opposite in direction to the acceleration, c. the velocity is perpendicular to the acceleration.

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No. the instantaneous velcoity of a body thrown vertically upwards is zero at its maximum height. But its acceleration is a= g.
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