For General Projectile Motion with No Air Resistance, the Vertical

question 102

Multiple Choice

For general projectile motion with no air resistance, the vertical component of a projectile's acceleration

• A) continuously decreases.
• B) continuously increases.
• C) first decreases and then increases.
• D) is always zero.
• E) remains a non-zero constant.

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