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If you have an alternating current, which changes direction, and we graph the direction in terms of positive and negative, then at some point, as the current changes from positive to negative, and from negative to positive, it must pass through zero. If you imagine a car, driving forwards, that then changes direction and drives in reverse, there must be a point when it is not moving. Changes of direction, or voltage, are not instantaneous.

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