A mass attached to a spring is pulled to the right of its equilibrium position and released. The period of oscillation for this mass and spring is 8 seconds. Taking "to the right" to be positive, the velocity of the mass 13 seconds after it is released is

  1. positive and increasing.
  2. positive and decreasing.
  3. negative and increasing.
  4. negative and decreasing.

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