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An athlete is training on a 100 m long linear track. His motion is described by the graph of his position vs. time, below.
For each segment of the graph, find the magnitude and direction of the athlete's velocity.
magnitude vA _______ m/s
direction vA(Pick from the following choices)
- Positive x
- Negative x
- The magnitude is zero
- Positive x
- Negative x
- The magnitude is zero
magnitude vB _______ m/s
direction vB(Pick from the following choices)
- Positive x
- Negative x
- The magnitude is zero
- Positive x
- Negative x
- The magnitude is zero
magnitude vC _______ m/s
direction vC(Pick from the following choices)
- Positive x
- Negative x
- The magnitude is zero
- Positive x
- Negative x
- The magnitude is zero
magnitude vD _______ m/s
direction vD(Pick from the following choices)
- Positive x
- Negative x
- The magnitude is zero
- Positive x
- Negative x
- The magnitude is zero

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