Discuss whether this statement is correct: In the absence of air resistance, the trajectory of a projectile
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Discuss whether this statement is correct: “In the absence of air resistance, the trajectory of a projectile thrown near the earth’s surface is an ellipse, not a parabola.”
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University Physics with Modern Physics
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