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Week 345 Motions in Two Dimensions and Projectile Launched in An Angle

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Fourth Quarter

Physics
Forces, Motion and
Energy
Motion in Two Dimensions
 Have you seen a soccer player
kick a ball?
 Or a basketball player shoots a

ball into the ring?


 What have you noticed with the

path the balls travel?


 If you noticed, the balls travel a

curve path.
 The curve naturally happens
when an object, called a
projectile, moves in two
dimensions – having both
horizontal and vertical motion
components, acted by gravity
only.
 In physics, this is called

projectile motion.
Projectile
motion can
happen in two
situations – projectiles
launched horizontally
and projectiles
launched at an angle.
Projectiles Launched Horizontally
A projectile launched
horizontally has no initial
vertical velocity (vix = 0).
 Thus, its vertical motion is

similar to that of a dropped


object.
 Projectilesare only acted upon
by gravity. Therefore
projectiles launched
horizontally only have
downward acceleration (ay),
which is equivalent to -9.8
m/s2 and has no horizontal
acceleration (ax = 0).
Projectiles have
horizontal (x) and
vertical (y)
components that are
independent of each
other.
Sample problem 1
A marble is thrown horizontally
from a table top with a velocity of
1.50 m/s. The marble falls 0.70
m away from the table’s edge.
A) How high is the lab table?
B) What is the marble’s velocity
just before it hits the floor?
Given:
Horizontal (x) Vertical (y)
component component
v ix = 1.50 m/s a y = -9.8 m/s 2

x = 0.70 m y=?
v fy = ?
t=?
 You can solve for time using
equations from Horizontal or
Vertical Component depending on
the given.
 In this problem, we cannot solve for

time using the Y component since


the variables are lacking.
 If you look at the X Component, Vix

and X are given; therefore, we can


use these variables in solving for
time.
 Solve
for time using this
formula:
X =vixt
X= vixt
0.70 m = (1.50 m/s) t
t = 0.70 m
1.50 m/s
= 0.47 s
Sample problem 2
 A cannonball is launched horizontally from
the top of a mountain with a velocity of 3.5
m/s. The cannonball falls 50 m away from the
edge of the mountain.
a) How high is the mountain?
b) What is the cannonball’s velocity just
before it hits the ground?
Projectile Motion Launched at an Angle
(height and range of a projectile)
 There are two coordinates usually
used to describe projectile
motion: horizontal and vertical
axes.
 The horizontal distance traveled

by the projectile is called the


range.
 While the vertical distance, that

is, the distance from where it was


launched to the topmost point of
its path, is called its height.
Sample Problem
A golfer hits a golf ball at an angle of
250 above the horizontal at an initial
velocity of 20 m/s.
a. How long does it take the golf ball to
reach its maximum height?
b. What is the golf ball’s maximum
height?
c. How far does the golf ball go?

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