College Physics: A Strategic Approach (4th Edition)

4th Edition

ISBN: 9780134609034

Author: Randall D. Knight (Professor Emeritus), Brian Jones, Stuart Field

Publisher: PEARSON

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Chapter 1, Problem 19MCQ

You throw a rock upward. The rock is moving upward, but it is slowing down. If we define the ground as the origin, the position of the rock is __ and the velocity of the rock is __.

A. positive, positive
B. positive, negative
C. negative, positive
D. negative, negative

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College Physics: A Strategic Approach (4th Edition)

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