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The position of a moving point in XY-plane at time t is given by `(u cos alpha, t, u sin alpha, t-(1)/(2) g t^(2))`, where `u, alpha, g` are constants. The locus of the moving point is :

A

a circle

B

a parabola

C

an ellipse

D

a hyperbola

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