Physics I / Kinematics in Two Dimensions and Projectile Motion
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Complete the following passage by choosing the correct terms from the word bank.

In projectile motion, the horizontal velocity remains ______ while the vertical acceleration equals ______.

Word bank: constant · g · zero · increasing

Hints
  1. Nothing pushes the projectile horizontally once it is in flight.
  2. Only the vertical motion is accelerated.
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In projectile motion, the horizontal velocity remains constant while the vertical acceleration equals g.

Why

No horizontal force \to constant vxv_{x}; gravity \to ay=ga_y = g downward.

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