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This is where I am still confused. for me to move to the right, against a wind blowing to the left I need to apply a driving force, otherwise I will remain still or move backwards if the wind is strong enough. The only 'driving force' mentioned in the question is 'directed towards the origin, so...

Hi There is an example in my textbook worded as follows; A particle of mass 2kg moves along the positive x-axis under the action of a force directed towards the origin. At time t seconds, the displacement of P from O is x metres and P is moving away from O with a speed of v ms^-1. The force has...