Author Question: If there were no gravity, a cannonball fired upward at 45 would follow a straight-line path. Due to ... (Read 122 times)

appyboo · **on:** Jul 29, 2018

If there were no gravity, a cannonball fired upward at 45 would follow a straight-line path. Due to gravity, however, at the end of 3 s it is

A) 5 m below the straight line.
B) 10 m below the straight line.
C) 15 m below the straight line.
D) 20 m below the straight line.
E) more than 20 m below the straight line.

Question 2

Neglecting air resistance, after a ball leaves your hand when you toss it upward, the force on it

A) gradually decreases until the ball reaches the top of its path.
B) first acts upward and then downward after reaching the top.
C) is only the force due to gravity, always directed downward.
D) none of the above