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Projectile independence
Projectile independence
Why doesn’t the horizontal motion of a ball affect how long it stays in the air?
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Horizontal and vertical motions are independent. Time of flight depends only on vertical motion (gravity), not on horizontal speed. That’s why two balls dropped and thrown horizontally hit the ground together.
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