A car was inititally moving to the NORTH at 5.8 m/sm/s . 14.0 ss later its velocity is 29.8 m/sm/s to SOUTH. Analysis 1: Take NORTH as Positive direction. How should the initital velocity and the final velocity be represented by signed values?
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Since NORTH is taken as the positive direction, any velocity towards the NORTH will be positive, and any velocity towards the SOUTH will be negative. Show more…
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