Statement I: If the downward direction is chosen positive, a ball thrown vertically upward has positive acceleration throughout the flight. Statement II: An object that is slowing down must have a neg

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Statement I: If the downward direction is chosen positive, a ball thrown vertically upward has positive acceleration throughout the flight. Statement II: An object that is slowing down must have a negative acceleration.

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With downward positive the acceleration due to gravity is + g throughout, so Statement I is true. Statement II is false: an object moving in the negative direction with positive acceleration slows down. Option C.

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