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Observe that motion in two dimensions consists of horizontal and vertical components. Understand the independence of horizontal and vertical vectors in two-dimensional motion.

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Author:Paul W. Zitzewitz

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Chapter5: Displacement And Force In Two Dimensions

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 95A

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