Question $9$

$5$ pts

Despite a very strong wind, a tennis player manages to hit a tennis ball with her racquet so that the ball passes over the net and lands in her opponent's court.

Consider the following forces:

A downward force of gravity.

A force by the "hit".

A force exerted by the air.

Which of the above forces is $($are$)$ acting on the tennis ball after it has left contact with the racquet and before it touches the ground?

$1$ and $3.$

$2$ and $3.$

$1,2,$ and $3.$

$1$ and $2.$

$1$ only.