Essential University Physics: Volume 1 (3rd Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321993724
Author: Richard Wolfson
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 3, Problem 12FTD
You would probably reject as unscientific any claim that Earth is flat. Yet the assumption of Section 3.5 that leads to parabolic projectile trajectories is tantamount to assuming a flat Earth. Explain.
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