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, negativeC. negative, positive             D. negative, negative

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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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