I cannot wrap my head around how can you not have a wrong answer in physics. It's not philosophy that we are talking about...
How can I improve my question to open it again?
The question: Can 0 acceleration be termed as constant acceleration?
I cannot wrap my head around how can you not have a wrong answer in physics. It's not philosophy that we are talking about...
How can I improve my question to open it again?
The question: Can 0 acceleration be termed as constant acceleration?
While I do not speak on behalf of the other close voters, the facts are clear:
Zero is clearly a constant, and a constant can be zero. Therefore, constant acceleration comprises two cases:
Your question is the second case which objectively has both constant velocity and acceleration. The facts end here.
The rest becomes opinion-based because we are only allowed to pick one "correct" option. I see at least three issues here:
Therefore, determining which option is "correct" is about guessing the intention/wording of the question setter rather than objectivity, which is why I voted to close.
I fully agree that this question should not have been closed and should be reopened.
A teacher has asked an ambiguous and opinion-based multiple-choice question to a student followed by a wrong or poorly worded reasoning. The understandably confused student then asks on Physics SE what is right.
From a physics point-of-view the answer to this is very clear. As the answer from Vincent clarifies here in the meta thread, as well as my own and other answers to the question on the main site, there is no doubt that a non-changing value of zero indeed should be considered constant in physics contexts. There is no doubt that the teacher has been unclear or incorrect in the given question. The answer to this is not opinion-based.
It is not unusual that students in schools and educational institutions come to SE to ask questions about unclear and confusing content from their teachers. This question is perfectly fine for this site, imo.
I vote to reopen this question and frankly do not understand the argument for closing or keeping it closed. At the moment of writing, there are 4 votes out of necessary 5 to reopen the question.
As written, the question is not an ideal fit for the site. The complete answer to the question in the title of the OP is simply “Yes” but the OP is suggests that “ Speculations on solution would really be appreciated.”
It is clear from the answers that these answers are primarily opinion-based or at least depend on the interpretation of the statement by the instructor.
As a result, the question should be closed as either it needs focus to distinguish between the speculations and the actual answer, either it is opinion-based, or either it is unclear as it depends on the state of mind of the instructor.