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At what point of a projectile motion, acceleration and velocity are perpendicular to each other?



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Answer:

At the topmost point where the velocity has only horizontal component whereas the acceleration is vertical.

Step-by-step explanation:

There is only a horizontal component of velocity at the ap3x of the projectile, and acceleration is vertically downwards owing to gravitation, therefore velocity and acceleration are perpendicular to one another.

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