In this investigation, students study projectile motion by exploring two-dimensional motion and how vectors are used to describe the trajectory of an object.

This will make our analysis immediately applicable to the case of projectile motion in a uniform gravitational field. It is always a good idea to use physical intuition to get an idea of the nature of the …

Projectile Mo of 's position trajectory. Experimental data will be acquired and compared to the theoretical results.

How to use vector components (and why?) Equations of projectile motion depend on how you choose the coordinate system.

To study projectile motion, the following assumptions are made. The resistance o ered by air do the projected particle is negligibly small. The acceleration due to gravity g remains a constant …

Full Projectile Path A projectile is shot at some upward angle from the origin: see animation. Galileo tells us the horizontal motion is just steady velocity, the vertical motion is the same as that of a ball …

• Since the horizontal and vertical motion of an object are independent of each other, the motion equations can be used to determine the exact position of a projectile.