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Refer to Figure 2.1
a. Describe how the horizontal displacement of the projectile x varies with time.
b. What does the projectile’s x vs. t plot reveal about the horizontal velocity of the projectile? HINTS: What is a slope of the best-fit line and what does it represent?
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