The Physics of Everyday Phenomena
8th Edition
ISBN: 9780073513904
Author: W. Thomas Griffith, Juliet Brosing Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 2, Problem 24CQ
A car moves along a straight section of road so that its velocity varies with time as shown in the graph.
- a. Does the car ever go backward? Explain.
- b. At which of the labeled points on the graph, A, B, or C, is the magnitude of the acceleration the greatest? Explain.
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