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If an airplane is moving at a constant speed of 500 miles per hour in a straight line is it accelerating?

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No. It’s moving at a constant speed (speed is not changing) in a straight line (same direction so velocity is not changing) so it is not accelerating. Acceleration only occurs if there’s a change in speed/velocity.

AL2006

You just said "constant speed", and "straight line" which means constant direction.

"Acceleration" means any change of speed or direction of motion.  Since neither of those is changing, no acceleration is happening.