A golf ball is hit into the air, but not straight up, and encounters no signific

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A golf ball is hit into the air, but not straight up, and encounters no significant air resistance. Which statements accurately describe its motion while it is in the air?

A) On the way up it is accelerating upward, and on the way down it is accelerating downward. B) On the way up, both its horizontal and vertical velocity components are decreasing; on the way down, they are both increasing. C) Its vertical acceleration is zero at the highest point. D) Its horizontal velocity does not change once it is in the air, but its vertical velocity does change.

Explanation / Answer

A) false-- acceleration is constant
B) false-- horizontal velocity component is constant since there's no horizontal acceleration component
C) false- acceleration is constant
D) true dat

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