A tennis player hits a ball into the air with an initial velocity of 15 m/s at an angle of 50° to the horizontal. Assume no air resistance and acceleration due to gravity has a magnitude 9.81 m/s2 1) what is the magnitude and direction (+ or -) of the ball’s horizontal acceleration, ax, in m/s2 ?

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A tennis player hits a ball into the air with an initial velocity of 15 m/s at an angle of 50° to the horizontal. Assume no air resistance and acceleration due to gravity has a magnitude 9.81 m/s

1) what is the magnitude and direction (+ or -) of the ball’s horizontal acceleration, ax, in m/s?

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