Multiple choice

Which of the following is correct about a body moving with variable speed in a straight line?

  1. The speed of the body is changing.

  2. The body is travelling with a constant speed, but it is changing direction.

  3. It covers equal distance in equal intervals of time in a particular direction.

  4. The speed as well as the direction of the body is changing.

  5. Acceleration is absent if the body moves in a straight line.
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Explanation

The direction of motion is constant, but since the speed of body is changing, so it is said to be traveling with the non–uniform velocity.

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