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To get an acceleration, there has to be a net force - and conversely, if there is a net force, there is acceleration. In many common situations, there are two or more forces that cancel one another - the vector sum of the forces is zero, and therefore there is (by definition) no net force, and no acceleration. Here is one example. A book lies on the table. Gravity pulls the book down, but the book doesn't accelerate downward. What is the counter-force? It has to be the table pushing the book up. (Of course, by Newton's Third Law, if the book pushes down against the table, then the table pushes up against the book.)

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