An object is moving due south at a constant velocity. Then, a net force directed due west acts on the object for a short time interval, after which, the net force on the object is zero newtons. Which statement concerning the object is necessarily true?

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Mariela Wong

29 November, 06:33

An object is moving due south at a constant velocity. Then, a net force directed due west acts on the object for a short time interval, after which, the net force on the object is zero newtons. Which statement concerning the object is necessarily true?

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Amiah Solomon · Answer 1

The south-component of its velocity is the same

Explanation:

You could say several things concerning the object.

These are some of them:

- The south-component of its velocity is the same.

- Its speed (module of the velocity) is greater now.

- The velocity has now a west-component.

- The object is now moving due west of south.

- The object did not move in a straight line.