Question: A student is trying to reason through their answer to the previous question. I see that the slope is negative, which means the acceleration is

A student is trying to reason through their answer to the previous question. "I see that the slope is negative, which means the acceleration is negative. but.... I still can't get my mind around an object speeding up while having negative acceleration! Doesn't having negative acceleration mean the velocity is decreasing? How can it be speeding up if the velocity is decreasing?" 

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