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Consider the following situation. Starting with you holding a rubber ball statio

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Question

Consider the following situation. Starting with you holding a rubber ball stationary in your hand, you throw the ball up, it falls to the ground, and then bounces back up until the velocity is zero. Above is a graph that may or may not show the velocity graph of the ball from when you start the throw until when the ball bounces back up to you. Which of the statements below describes what is wrong with this graph

explain!!!

A) The sign of the acceleration is incorrect for part of the graph. B) There is no "bounce" in the graph. C) The sign of the velocity is incorrect for part of the graph. D) Nothing, it is correct.

Explanation / Answer

C) The sign of the velocity is incorrect for part of the graph.