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An object that is dropped straight down from a height of 100 m has a vertical change in position that is less than that of an identical object thrown horizontally from the same height. true or false?
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An object that is dropped straight down from a height of 100 m has a vertical change in position that is less than that of an identical object thrown horizontally from the same height. true or false?

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Objects dropped straight or thrown horizontally from the same height
change their vertical velocity at the same rate, and fall through equal
vertical distances in equal time intervals.

The statement is false.
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