What force is most responsible for the path of an object during projectile motion?

1 answer:

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The gravitational force.

In fact, the motion of the projectile is composed by two independent motions:
- on the horizontal direction, it is a uniform motion (with constant speed)
- on the vertical direction, it is a uniformly accelerated motion, where the vertical acceleration g is given by the gravity exerted by the Earth on the projectile.

For this reason, the composition of the two motions results in a parabolic trajectory.

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Answer:

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Explanation:

We are given that

Weight of sled=49 N

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Weight of person=585 N

Total weight==mg=49+585=634 N

We know that

Force needed to pull the sled across the snow at constant speed,F=Kinetic friction

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Which sentence provides evidence that heat travels from Earth’s mantle up to its crust?

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B. Earth’s outer surface is cooler than its interior layers.

Explanation:

The option given above is showing us that the temperature in the interior of the earth is higher than the temperature in the outer layer.
There is travel of heat from the inner core of the earth to the earth's crust. Due to the loss of heat when it reaches the outer layer, there arises a temperature difference.
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