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Grade 12th passGeneral Physics

A particle with an initial velocity V in a plane is subjected to constant acceleration in the same plane, The path of the particle would be
  1. Circle
  2. ellipse
  3. parabola
  4. Hyperbola

Profile image of Yogiraj
10 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of Vikas TU
10 Years ago
 From second law of eqn.
S = Vt^2 + 1/2at^2
here V is initial velocuity and
 a is constant.
Hence we got time to travel.

Hence the path observed here will be the Parabola w.r.t to time.