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Question
Look at the graph carefully and state, with reason, that this cannot possibly represent the one-dimensional motion of a particle.
Solution
A line drawn for a given time parallel to the position axis will cut the graph at two points, implying that the particle will have two positions, which is not possible. As a result, graph (a) does not represent one-dimensional motion.
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