Velocity and Acceleration understanding

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If an object's velocity is zero, its acceleration can also be zero under specific conditions. When a body is at rest and no external forces are acting on it, both velocity and acceleration are zero, in accordance with Newton's laws. However, if a body is decelerating and approaches zero velocity, it can still have a non-zero acceleration until it fully stops. The distinction lies in the state of the object; at rest with no forces, acceleration is zero. Understanding these nuances is crucial for grasping the relationship between velocity and acceleration in physics.
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If somethings velocity is 0 can the acceleration be 0? If so why?

I have been trying to answer this and it seems I come up with different opinons from the text to the internet.

Which is it??
 
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A body is deccelerating, then its velocity starts tending to zero. Agreed. Then after sometime the velocit would reach zero, I mean the instantaneous velocity, But the decceleration might continue and hence the instantaneous acceleration is not 0.
 
However, if a body is at rest (v=0) and no external force is acting, then by Newton's first and second laws the acceleration must also be zero (f=ma). Therefore, yes it is possible but only if the body is at rest.
 
Thanks for the insight my fellow physics friends.
 

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