Why is it false that direction of a moving body is necessarily not determined by nbsp- the net force acting on the body-

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why is it false that direction of a moving body is necessarily not determined by the net force acting on the body?

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When a projectile is moving under the influence of gravity. Then the net force acting on the projectile is in the downward direction but the direction of the projectile at every point is tangent to the parabolic curve.

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