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Jayne Nathaly R. Lopez Bscs Iv

The document discusses projectile motion. It defines a projectile as an object that is launched or thrown and continues moving due to its own inertia under the forces of gravity and air resistance. Projectile motion refers to the two-dimensional path of an object thrown with an initial velocity in the vertical plane under the influence of gravity alone. Projectile motion can be analyzed as two independent cases of one-dimensional motion - horizontal and vertical motion.

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Jayne Nathaly R. Lopez Bscs Iv

The document discusses projectile motion. It defines a projectile as an object that is launched or thrown and continues moving due to its own inertia under the forces of gravity and air resistance. Projectile motion refers to the two-dimensional path of an object thrown with an initial velocity in the vertical plane under the influence of gravity alone. Projectile motion can be analyzed as two independent cases of one-dimensional motion - horizontal and vertical motion.

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Jayne Nathaly R.

Lopez BSCS IV

PROJECTILE A projectile is an object that has been launched, shot, hurled, thrown, or by other means projected, and continues in motion due to its own inertia. The path of the projectile is determined by its initial velocity (direction and speed) and the forces of gravity and air resistance. Projectile is a body thrown with an initial velocity in the vertical plane and then it moves in two dimensions under the action of gravity alone without being propelled by any engine or fuel. Its motion is called projectile motion. The path of a projectile is called its trajectory. Examples: 1. 2. 3. 4. A packet released from an airplane in flight. A golf ball in flight. A bullet fired from a rifle. A jet of water from a hole near the bottom of a water tank.

PROJECTILE MOTION is a case of two-dimensional motion .Any case of two dimensional motion can be resolved into two cases of one dimensional motion -one along the x-axis and the other along the y-axis. The two cases can be studied separately as two cases of one dimensional motion. The results from two cases can be combined using vector algebra to see the net result What is important to remember is that the motion along the horizontal direction does not affect the motion along the vertical direction and vice versa. Horizontal motion and vertical motion are totally independent of each other. A body can be projected in two ways: 1. Horizontal projection-When the body is given an initial velocity in the horizontal direction only. 2. Angular projection-When the body is thrown with an initial velocity at an angle to the horizontal direction.

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