If air resistance can be neglected, what happens to the horizontal velocity of a basketball as it is thrown to the basket from the free-throw line?  answer choices stays constant decreases decreases while the ball is going up, and then increases while the ball is

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If air resistance can be neglected, what happens to the horizontal velocity of a basketball as it is thrown to the basket from the free-throw line?

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stays constant
decreases
decreases while the ball is going up, and then increases while the ball is coming down
increases while the ball is going up, and then decreases while the ball is coming down
increases
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