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In which situation is the acceleration of the car negative?

A) The velocity of a car was 75 km/h over 4 hours.
B) The velocity of a car reduced from 50 km/h to 35 km/h over one minute.
C) The velocity of a car increased from 40 km/h to 75 km/h over 15 minutes.
D) The velocity of a car was 45 km/h at 2:00 pm and at 4:00 pm the velocity of the car was 85 km/h.

User Tohid
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B) The velocity of a car reduced from 50 km/h to 35 km/h over one minute
User Biju Thomas
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the most appropriate answer is B !!

as the velocity of car is decreased in one min, from 50 to 35 , so there must be deacceleration !! or say negative acceleration !!

so your answer is B !!
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