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Yes, an object can have have zero velocity and non-zero acceleration. This happens when an object is at rest and when a force is applied on it such as gravity. But this isn't always true. A good example of another situation is when you throw an object vertically up into the air. Such an object will be acted upon by the constant acceleration of gravity. Due to this acceleration, it will slow down, then it will reverse direction, and finally it will fall back to the ground. At the exact point at the top of its path before falling back down, the object will have zero velocity. Yet it will still be accelerating towards the ground the whole time. The object is being accelerated by the force of gravity throughout its entire journey.

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Sure. When you shoot a ball, a stone, an arrow, or a bullet straight up, it has the

acceleration of gravity beginning at the instant you release it. It rises slower and

slower, eventually stops rising, and begins falling. At the instant it reaches the top

of its arc, its speed and velocity are zero, but it still has the acceleration of gravity.

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