Explanation of Projectile Motion As an application of the ideas developed in the previous sections, we consider the motion of a projectile. An object that is in flight after being thr
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Equation of path of a projectile What is the shape of the path followed by the projectile? This can be seen by eliminating the time between the expressions for x and y as given in Eq. (4.38). We ob
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Time of maximum height How much time does the projectile take to reach the maximum height ? Let this time be denoted by tm. Since at this point, vy= 0, we have from Eq. (4.39): \(% MathType!MTEF
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Time of maximum height The maximum height hm reached by the projectile can be calculated by substituting t = tm in Eq. (4.38) : \(% MathType!MTEF!2!1!+- % feaagKart1ev2aaatCvAUfe
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Horizontal range of a projectile The horizontal distance travelled by a projectile from its initial position (x = y = 0) to the position where it passes y = 0 during its fall is called the horizont
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