Suppose a cannon, placed on a moving cart with negligible friction in the wheel bearings, projects a cannonball straight up in the air. Does the speed of the cart have any effect on the height the ball attains or the time the ball is in the air?

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Suppose a cannon, placed on a moving cart with negligible friction in the wheel bearings, projects a cannonball straight up in the air. Does the speed of the cart have any effect on the height the ball attains or the time the ball is in the air? 

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Velocity is a vector quantity, thus, it is also dependent on direction. Now if acceleration is acting upon a moving body along a particular direction, the velocity component of the body along that direction will change, but it's orthogonal (perpendicular) component would remain unchanged. The acceleration acting on the body here is the acceleration due to gravity acting vertically downwards.

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