Projectile Motion with Neglected Air Resistance: True or False Statements

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In summary, the conversation discusses a projectile fired at an angle with initial speed and neglects air resistance. The true statements about the projectile are that it is a freely falling body, the vertical acceleration is 9.8 m/s2 downwards, and the horizontal acceleration is zero. The statement about vertical acceleration depending on theta is false.
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Homework Statement


A projectile is fired at some angle theta to the horizontal with some initial speed vi, and air resistance is neglected. Which statements about the projectile are true? (Select all that apply.)

True The projectile is a freely falling body.
True Vertical acceleration is 9.8 m/s2, downward.
False Vertical acceleration is 9.8 m/s2, upward.
False Vertical acceleration depends on theta.
True Horizontal acceleration is zero.
False Horizontal acceleration depends on vi.
False Horizontal acceleration depends on theta .

Could someone please double check my answers and see if I went wrong somewhere.
 
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I would say that vertical acceleration depends on your definition of coordinate system, but your answers are correct.
 
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Thanks, Mindscrape.
 

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