Question

Two bodies are falling with negligible air resistance, side byside, above a horizontal plane near Earth's surface. If one of thebodies is given an additional horizontal acceleration during itsdescent, it ........................
(a) strikes the plane at the same time as the other body
(b) has the vertical component of its velocity altered
(c) has the vertical component of its accelerationaltered
(d) follows a hyperbolic path
(e) follows a straight line path along the resultantacceleration vector

Answer 1

Answer:

(a) strikes the plane at the same time as the other body

Explanation:

Two bodies are falling with negligible air resistance, side by side, above a horizontal plane near Earth's surface. If one of the bodies is given an additional horizontal acceleration during its descent, it strikes the plane at the same time as the other body