$A$ shell fired from a gun at an angle to the horizontal explodes in mid-air. Then the centre of mass of the shell fragments will move

  • A
    Vertically down
  • B
    Horizontally
  • C
    Along the same parabolic path along which the intact shell was moving
  • D
    Along the tangent to the parabolic path of the intact shell,at the point of explosion

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