A Baseball Is Thrown with a Velocity at an Angle

question 55

Multiple Choice

A baseball is thrown with a velocity at an angle $\theta$ with the horizontal. The horizontal component of its velocity in the absence of air resistance is

• A) v cos \(\theta\)
• B) v cos \(\theta\) - gt
• C) v² + 2gx
• D) v² - 2gx
• E) v sin \(\theta\) - gt

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