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A ball striking a wall in which the force of the ball on the wall is equal to the force of the wall on the ball. will it accelerate?
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∙ 11y ago
Acceleration is the change in speed or direction. When the ball strikes a wall it will likely rebound. That is a change in direction. Some of the energy of the ball went into heat and sound so, that is also a change in speed. The only wall that would have no effect on the ball's acceleration would be a wall of light or an imaginary wall.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 11y agoObviously it will accelerate. If it changes its direction, that means it changes its velocity, therefore it accelerates.
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