A ping pong player hits a ball horizontally at 10.meters per second from an initial height of 1.5 meters, as represented in the following diagram. Use the diagram and information to answer any questions that follow. What occurs to the horizontal velocity of the ball as it travels in the air, ignoring air drag?

A.
It decreases slightly

B.
It stays the same

C.
It increases slightly

D.
It increases drastically

During the apollo moon missions, astronauts were concerned about the effects of newton's third law of motion when: o a. they ejected waste water, because they were concerned that it would push them off course. o b. they reentered earth's atmosphere, because they were carrying heavy moon rocks. o c. they took off from earth, because a large force was required to generate large acceleration. o d. they detected incoming space debris, because the inertia of the debris could damage their ship.