Inside Science on Instagram: "🏹 Why the Horizontal Speed of a Projectile Never Changes Follow @inside_science_ for daily insights that make physics come alive ⚙️ When you launch a ball, an arrow, or even a rocket, its motion splits into two independent parts — horizontal and vertical. The horizontal speed (velocity along the x-axis) stays constant throughout the flight, as long as air resistance is ignored. That’s because once the projectile leaves your hand, no external horizontal force acts o

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