New Note
The student will:
“Independence of Motion along Each Dimension” looks at the special case of throwing an object in a purely horizontal direction. Projectile motion is the general case of throwing an object in any direction, from sliding an object off a desk to kicking a soccer ball as shown in the Figure below.
In the problem that follows we imagine the projectile launched from the ground with an angular elevation between 0 and 90 degrees, with an initial x−component of velocity of +30 m/s and an initial y−component of velocity of +40 m/s.
The student will:
“Independence of Motion along Each Dimension” looks at the special case of throwing an object in a purely horizontal direction. Projectile motion is the general case of throwing an object in any direction, from sliding an object off a desk to kicking a soccer ball as shown in the Figure below.
In the problem that follows we imagine the projectile launched from the ground with an angular elevation between 0 and 90 degrees, with an initial x−component of velocity of +30 m/s and an initial y−component of velocity of +40 m/s.