The displacement–time graph of a moving particle is shown below. The instantaneous velocity of the particle is negative at the point:

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The slope of position–time (x–t) graph at any point shows the instantaneous velocity at that point. The slope of given x – t graph at different point can be shown as

Obviously the slope is negative at the point E as the angle made by tangent with +ve X–axis is obtuse, hence the instantaneous velocity of the particle is negative at the point E i.e.,
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