Why is the horizontal acceleration of a projectile 0?

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Ignoring air resistance the only force acting is weight=mg, vertically down. So the acceleration=g=9.81ms-2 vertically down. There is no horizontal force, the weight has no horizontal component so the horizontal acceleration =0, horizontal constant velocity.

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