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Interpret motion graphs

AP.CALC: CHA‑3 (EU), CHA‑3.B (LO), CHA‑3.B.1 (EK)

Problem

An object is moving along a line. The following graph gives the object's position, relative to its starting point, over time.
For each point on the graph, is the object moving forward, backward, or neither?
Click each dot on the image to select an answer.
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