An object is not accelerated if

A) it is acted upon by an external influence.
B) its speed remains unchanged while its direction of motion changes.
C) its speed and its direction of motion are both unchanging.
D) its speed changes while its direction of motion remains unchanged.
E) both answers B and D are correct.


C

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