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a boy is sittingin a car moving with a uniform velocity the boy throws a ball vertically upwards which falls back into his hands a man standing on a road watches the motion of ball the path of motion of ball will be

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$Answer the boy and the ball have zero horizontal relative velocity . So the path of the ball will be a straight line for the boy . But the man standing on the road has a horizontal relative velocity w . r . t ball . Hence, the path of the ball will be a parabola for the man .$

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