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aanthnnyyy

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hey guys this is always confusing...
If displacement is to right, velocity is positive and acceleration negative does that mean ;
- object moving to right and is moving faster

I find it hard distinguishing between acceleration and velocity when describing verbally :/

and is the best way just to graph
 

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the object is moving to the right but as it moves right, it is slowing down
 

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not sure what that means but the graph would look like:

Lol that has velocity positive though. I think he meant the graph of vs. t "dips" below the t-axis (like imagine a concave-up parabola with vertex below the t-axis (the part after the vertex is where )).

Also I think the horizontal axis in your graphs is meant to be t (time)?
 
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Lol that has velocity positive though. I think he meant the graph of vs. t "dips" below the t-axis (like imagine a concave-up parabola with vertex below the t-axis (the part after the vertex is where )).

Also I think the horizontal axis in your graphs is meant to be t (time)?
oops my bad, brain fart :/

the graph should be like this:


inb4wrongagain

and yes the x axis should be "time" because when you integrate to find the area it should be dt and not dx
 

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