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it is said that a settelite is a free falling body. For free falling body its velocity should free continuesly increasing. Is it true? I am confused..
What is confusing? Do you know what a vector is?
Also, do you know what it means to break a vector into components?
OK, so velocity and acceleration each are vectors. Each has a magnitude and each has a direction. Their directions may be different. Does that make sense?
Exactly. The horizontal component is the component perpendicular to gravity and the vertical component is the component parallel to gravity.yeah resolving in vertical and horizontal components
Exactly. The horizontal component is the component perpendicular to gravity and the vertical component is the component parallel to gravity.
Just like you can break velocity into components parallel and perpendicular to gravity, you could instead break gravity into components parallel and perpendicular to velocity.
Does that idea make sense?