Essential University Physics (3rd Edition)
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780134202709
Author: Richard Wolfson
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 3.2, Problem 3.2GI
An object is accelerating downward. Which, if any, of the following must be true? (a) the object cannot be moving upward; (b) the object cannot be moving in a straight line; (c) the object is moving directly downward; (d) if the object’s motion is instantaneously horizontal, it can’t continue to be so
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