Consider the snapshot of a wave traveling in positive $x$ -direction
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$\mathrm{V}_{\text {Particle }}=-(\text { slope })\left(\mathrm{v}_{\text {wave }}\right)$

At $A:$ slope $\rightarrow$ $+ve$ so $v_{p}$ is $-ve.$ 

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At $\mathrm{B}:$ slope $\rightarrow$ $-ve$ so $\mathrm{v}_{\mathrm{P}}$ is $+ ve.$

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