A ball is kicked horizontally from the top of a 10m high cliff with an initial speed of 15m/s. After 2 seconds, which of the following statement describes the ball’s horizontal and vertical components?

Ignoring air resistance, horizontal velocity stays 15 m/s; vertical speed after 2 s is about gt≈20 m/s downward.

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