Title: Projectile Motion
1Projectile Motion And Relative Velocity
Physics 2053 Lecture Notes
Projectile Motion and Relative Velocity
2Projectile Motion and Relative Velocity
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Projectile Motion and Relative Velocity
4Projectile Motion and Relative Velocity
5Horizontal Velocity and Vertical Velocity
y
At t 0
vo
Constant acceleration
q
x
Projectile Motion and Relative Velocity
6Horizontal Displacement
y
Constant velocity
vo
q
x
Sub Eq 1
Projectile Motion and Relative Velocity
7Vertical Displacement
y
Constant acceleration
vo
q
x
Projectile Motion and Relative Velocity
8Vertical Position as a Function of Horizontal
Displacement
y
vo
h
Solve Eq 3 for t
q
x
Sub into Eq 4
Projectile Motion and Relative Velocity
9Maximum Height
y
vo
h
q
x
Sub into Eq 4
At the maximum height (vy 0)
Projectile Motion and Relative Velocity
10Range
Projectile Motion and Relative Velocity
11Equations
Projectile Motion and Relative Velocity
12Equations
Projectile Motion and Relative Velocity
13Relative Velocity
Projectile Motion and Relative Velocity
14Relative Velocity
Time required to go directly across.
q
Projectile Motion and Relative Velocity
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