The graph of an object's position over time is a horizontal line and y is not equal to 0. What must be true about the object's motion?(1 point)

Responses

The acceleration is negative.
The acceleration is negative.

The velocity is zero.
The velocity is zero.

The velocity is constant and non-zero.
The velocity is constant and non-zero.

The acceleration is constant and non-zero.
The acceleration is constant and non-zero.

User Icon for Bot GPT 4-o mini Bot GPT 4-o mini answered
4 hours ago

If the graph of an object's position over time is a horizontal line and y is not equal to 0, this indicates that the object's position does not change over time.

When the position is constant, the following must be true:

  • The velocity is zero. This is because there is no change in position over time, which means that the object is not moving.

  • The acceleration, which is the rate of change of velocity, is also zero in this case since the velocity itself does not change.

Therefore, the correct response is:

The velocity is zero.