Without air resistance, a projectile fired horizontally at 8 km/s from atop a mountain will

A) accelerate downward at g as it moves horizontally.
B) trace a curve that matches Earth's curvature.
C) return later to its starting position and repeat its falling behavior.
D) all of the above
E) none of the above


D

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