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Course: High school physics > Unit 3

Lesson 3: Graphs of projectile motion
Science
High school physics
Two-dimensional motion
Graphs of projectile motion
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2D projectile motion: Identifying graphs for projectiles

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Problem

An adventurous cliff jumper runs horizontally off a cliff at time t=0. We can ignore air resistance.
Which graph best describes the cliff jumper’s horizontal acceleration over time?
Assume the origin of the coordinate system to be the cliff edge.
Choose 1 answer: