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Components of motion
Forces and their effects can be superimposed. The path of any projectile combines horizontal constant speed with vertical acceleration due to gravity. As Galileo showed, the independence of vertical and horizontal motions provides a route to simple analysis. But the independence of these two motions is counterintuitive. Only careful teaching, combined with demonstration experiments, will convince students.
Experiments
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Updated 14 Nov 2005
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