It there were no gravity a stone thrown upward at 45 degrees would follow a straight-line path. But because of gravity, at the end of 1 second, the stone is actually

A) 5 m below the straight line.
B) 10 m below the straight line.
C) 15 m below the straight line.


Answer: A

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