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If thrown directly upwards, it slows down due to gravitational attraction and aerodynamic drag. It reaches a maximum height and then falls. Its rate of descent is accelerated by the earth's gravity but decelerated by aerodynamic drag. If thrown at an angle, it follows a trajectory in which the vertical motion is accompanied by horizontal motion which is decelerated by aerodynamic drag.

If you disregard drag, then the vertical motion is symmetrical: at any height the speed going up is exactly the same as the speed on descent. Also, for a body thrown at an angle, the trajectory is a parabola.

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