With no air resistance, a cannonball fired horizontally at 8 km/s from Newton's mountain top will

A. return to its starting position and repeat its falling behavior.
B. trace a curve that matches Earth's curvature.
C. accelerate downward at g as it moves horizontally.
D. all the above


Answer: D

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