Air resistance is a nonconservative force. it always opposes the motion of an object. an airplane flies from new york to atlanta and then returns to its point of departure. the net work done by air resistance during this round trip
a) is negative for slower speeds and positive for higher speeds
b) is positive
c) is negative
d)is zero
e) is negative for higher speeds and positive for slower speeds

The answer should be a.

Answertraveling around a circular trackexplanation"traveling around a circular track" is the best answer as you could be traveling around a circular track at a constant speed. your velocity would therefore have the same magnitude but will always be constantly direction. since acceleration is the rate of change of velocity, the rate of change will only involve the direction of velocity and not the magnitude.wrong choices: "an object at rest" does not accelerate at all"increasing speed while traveling around a curve" means that the acceleration will not be constant due to only change in direction; it will be constant due to both magnitude and direction"an object in free fall" does not necessarily change direction