In the animation shown, a space probe has engines that can fire on all four sides. Two of the engines engage at t = 4.0 s. Graphs of the x-component of acceleration and y-component of acceleration as functions of time are shown.
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a) During the interval from t = 4.0 s to t = 8.0 s, is the x-acceleration of the probe positive, negative, or zero?
Δvx = m/s
Δvy = m/s