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An object dropped will hit the ground before an object that is thrown horizontally. true or false?

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The correct answer is false.

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Without air resistance and assuming the earth is flat, false. Both will hit the ground at the same time.

Without air resistance and taking into account the curvature of the earth, true. The object dropped will hit the ground first.

With air resistance, it could be either way.
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