Joey is walking at a constant speed to his truck and quickly realizes that he fo

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Joey is walking at a constant speed to his truck and quickly realizes that he forgot his wallet. He runs back to the house to retrieve his wallet. His motion could be described as having: Please explain your answer choice.

A. negative velocity toward the car and positive acceleration back to the house.

B. positive velocity toward the car and negative velocity back to the house.

C. positive acceleration toward the car and negative acceleration back to the house.

D. positive acceleration toward the car and negative speed back to the house.

Explanation / Answer

Solution:

(A)

Negative velocity toward the car and positive acceleration back to the house.

He kept moving in towards his car after getting his wallet => negative velocity

& as he runs back to the house => increase in the velocity => positive acceleration.

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