Projectile Motion

Motion in two dimensions

 Horizontally launched
projectile
𝑣𝑖𝑥 = 𝑣𝑓𝑥

𝑣𝑖𝑦 = 0

Source: 12th University Physics with Modern Physics by Young and Freedman
 How does v affect the
horizontal displacement?

How do the x and y

components of v change?

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 Example
An object slides off a horizontal table top with a speed of 1.10m/s. It strikes
the floor in 0.350s. Ignore air resistance. Find:
a. The height of the table top above the floor;
b. The horizontal distance from the edge of the table to the point where
the object strikes the floor;
c. The horizontal and the vertical components of the object’s velocity and
the magnitude and direction of its velocity just before the object
reaches the floor;
d. Draw the x-t, y-t, vx-t, and vy-t graphs for the motion.
 Projectiles
launched at an
angle

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 Free-body diagram

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 𝑥 = 𝑣𝑖 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝛼𝑖 𝑡 𝑣= 𝑣𝑥2 + 𝑣𝑦2

1 2
𝑦 = 𝑣𝑖 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝛼𝑖 𝑡 − 𝑔𝑡
2 𝑣𝑦
tan 𝛼 =
𝑣𝑓𝑥 = 𝑣𝑖 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝛼𝑖 𝑣𝑥

𝑣𝑓𝑦 = 𝑣𝑖 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝛼𝑖 − 𝑔𝑡

Source: 12th University Physics with Modern Physics by Young and Freedman
 Projectile launched at an angle
Source: 12th University Physics with Modern Physics by Young and Freedman
 How do the x and y components
of v change?

How do the x and y components

of v affect the range and the
height respectively?

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 How does
jumping
before
releasing
the ball
affect the
trajectory?

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 240 m/s

θ = 40°

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