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Consider a vehicle going on a horizontal road towards east. Neglect any force by the air. The frictional forces on the vehicle by the road (a) is towards east if the vehicle is accelerating (b) is zero if the vehicle is moving with a uniform velocity (c) must be towards east (d) must be towards west.

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(a) is towards east if the vehicle is accelerating

(b) is zero if the vehicle is moving with a uniform velocity

Explanation: 

When the vehicle is accelerating towards east the frictional force must be towards east according to Newton's Second Law of Motion. So option (a) is correct. If the the vehicle is moving with uniform velocity no force is applied in the direction of motion according to Newton's First Law. So option (b) is correct. 

Due to above two conditions frictional force is not always towards east, it may not even exist. So option (c) is not correct. Frictional force will not be towards west if the vehicle is going towards east, so option (d) is not correct.



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