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A car moves at 18m/s West. What is the x component of the velocity?

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Answer:

-18 m/s

Step-by-step explanation:

This is a question relating to vector velocity

Since the car is moving only in the x direction, the x-component is the velocity, y component is 0

Since the car is moving left (-x axis) its x component is negative

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