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Characteristics of projectile motion.

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Projectile motion is made up two independent motions: Uniform motion at constant velocity in the horizontal direction and Free-fall motion in the vertical direction. Although the horizontal and vertical motions of a projectile are independent, they are connected through the time that the object is the the air.
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Objects experiencing projectile motion have a constant velocity in the horizontal direction and a constantly changing velocity in the vertical direction. The trajectory resulting from this combination always has the shape of a parabola.

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