If velocity is decreasing, then acceleration is in the direction
opposite to the velocity.
If the object is moving in the direction that you call 'positive',
then acceleration is negative.
The car bounces off and moves in the opposite direction
Answer:

The Magnitude of electric field is in the upward direction as shown directly towards the charge
.
Explanation:
Given:
- side of a square,

- charge on one corner of the square,

- charge on the remaining 3 corners of the square,

<u>Distance of the center from each corners</u>


∴Distance of center from corners, 
Now, electric field due to charges is given as:

<u>For charge
we have the field lines emerging out of the charge since it is positively charged:</u>

<u>Force by each of the charges at the remaining corners:</u>

<u> Now, net electric field in the vertical direction:</u>


<u>Now, net electric field in the horizontal direction:</u>


So the Magnitude of electric field is in the upward direction as shown directly towards the charge
.