Suppose you are a football player and you kick a ball for a field goal. Including air resistance, the ball's horizontal velocity
A) changes throughout the path due to gravitational acceleration
B) is zero at the top of the path
C) decreases throughout the path
D) increases throughout the path

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Including air resistance, the horizontal velocity of the ball decreases throughout its path due to the drag force acting opposite to the direction of motion. Gravitational acceleration affects the vertical component of the ball's velocity, not the horizontal.

Suppose You Are a Football Player and You Kick a Ball