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A man moves in `x-y` plane along the path shown. At what points is his average velocity vector in the sam direction as his instantaneous velocity vector. The man starts from point `P`.


1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D

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A

B

B

C

C

D

D

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C
When the secant from P to that point becomes the tangent at the point
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