Projectile Motion 2

 

Vertical Displacement vs Horizontal Displacement

 

The two dimensional path of a projectile is sketched with the position given in meters and the time given in seconds.
To display the x- and y-coordinates, place the mouse over an image and left-click. The cursor is quite sensitive so try to
center the cursor over the midpoint of the image.
 
1) Using the cursor, determine the maximum height in meters of each projectile. Do these answers make sense or are    
    they contradictory? Justify your answer.
 
2) (a) What is the range of each projectile?
    (b) Does the range of each projectile agree or disagree with Newton's Law of Inertia? Justify your answer.
 
3) Is there any air resistance acting on either projectile? How do you know?
 
4) What is the average velocity for the projectile following a parabolic path? Explain your reasoning.

 

Answers

1, 3, 4

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