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Who first said the horizontal and vertical parts of projectile motion are independent?
AHuygens
BKepler
CGalileo
DNewton
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Galileo
1. This idea appeared in 1632.
2. It was in a Dialogue on the great world systems.
3. The author was Galileo.
_Source: NCERT Class 11 Physics Part I, Chapter 4, Motion in a Plane._
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