Sunday, November 21, 2010

The first and most important step in solving a projectile motion problem is to split the givens into x and y components. 

X components
Y components
a= 0
a=-9.8m/s^2
v= constant
v= changing
d=range
d=height
t= same for both values


knowing that the time elapsed on both axes are the same, we can incorporate the big 5 equations to find the time for whichever axis is possible.
for x:   dx= (vx)(tx)
for y:   Δdy= vy Δt + ½ ayΔt2


Now this value can be used along with other available values to solve for any missing values.




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