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The x-velocity of a horizontal projectile is always ___. The initial y-velocity of a horizontal projectile is always ___

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Answer: constant and horizontal; changing (usually increasing) and downward

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in a projectile, there is not horizontal acceleration (unless friction), which means the velocity is constant horizontally. vertically, there is gravity so that the vertical velocity would be increasing, zero at the top, and then decreasing, and the y vector pointing downwards

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