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As an object is thrown up , if up is considered negative, what is the direction of the velocity and acceleration of the object as the travels up?
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As an object is thrown up , if up is considered negative, what is the direction of the velocity and acceleration of the object as the travels up?

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It depends on what you mean by positive and negative acceleration. However I think what most people mean by these is that positive means speeding up and negative slowing down. In this case the object’s acceleration is negative on the way up, after leaving your hand at least, and positive on the way down.

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