Physics of Everyday Phenomena
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ISBN: 9781259894008
Author: W. Thomas Griffith, Juliet Brosing Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 3, Problem 23CQ
A ball rolls off a table with a large horizontal velocity. Does the direction of the velocity vector change as the ball moves through the air? Explain.
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