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Physics 1
Quarter 1 – Module 5:
Kinematics: Projectile Motion
General Physics 1 – Grade 12
Self-Learning Module (SLM)
Quarter 1 Week 3 – Module 5: Kinematics: Projectile Motion
First Edition, 2020
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For the learner:
Motion is one feature that characterizes all matter in the universe. Electrons, atoms,
and molecules are continuously moving so with planets, stars, and galaxies move
through space.
The concept of movement or motion is instinctive. Since it is one of the most basic
concepts, you might think it does not need to be elaborated. But in science,
specifically in physics, it is an important basic concept that will be confusing if not
well understood.
The scope of this module permits it to be used in many different learning situations.
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What I Need to Know This will give you an idea of the skills or
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What I Need to Know
Hello! Are you ready to fall? What if the Earth suddenly loses gravity? Everything and
everyone, including you, will be floating around. Our earthly environment is stable
because things around us remain in place. They tend to stand only in upright
positions. Whenever things fall, they go down.
In this module, the focus of our topic is projectile motion. You will deal with complex
movements involving objects that change direction including curved movements or
the motion of the object thrown through the air.
At the end of the lesson, the learners are able to:
a. Describe the projectile motion along the horizontal (x) and vertical (y)
component; and
b. Calculate range, time of flight, and maximum heights of projectiles.
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What I Know
Direction: Read and understand the questions. Write the letter of the correct answer
on a separate sheet.
3. Hammer and nail are dropped at the same time from rest in a vacuum. Which of
the following statement is true?
A. The hammer reaches the ground first followed by the nail.
B. The nail reaches the ground first followed by the hammer.
C. Both hammer and nail reach the ground at the same time.
D. The time of fall cannot be determined.
7. At the instant, a ball is thrown horizontally with a large force, an identical ball is
dropped from the same height. Which ball hits the ground first?
A. Dropped ball
B. Neither ball hit at the same time
C. The horizontal thrown ball
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D. The vertically thrown ball
8. Which of the following statements is NOT true about projectile motion?
A. Horizontal velocity of projectile is constant
B. It is a combination of two independent motion-vertical and horizontal
C. The motion of the projectile released vertically downward is accelerated
D. Both horizontal and vertical velocities are constant
10. In the absence of air resistance, what is the angle at which a ball thrown will
do the farthest range?
A. 15°
B. 30°
C. 45°
D. 60°
11. At the instant, a ball is thrown horizontally with a large force, an identical ball
is dropped from the same height. Which ball hits the ground first?
A.Dropped ball
B. Neither ball hit at the same time
C. The horizontal thrown ball
D. The vertically thrown ball
12. Which of the following statements is NOT true about projectile motion?
A.Horizontal velocity of projectile is constant
B. It is a combination of two independent motion-vertical and horizontal
C. The motion of the projectile released vertically downward is accelerated
D. Both horizontal and vertical velocities are constant
13. Which of the following refers to the maximum horizontal distance that a
projectile covers from its starting point to its end point?
A. Height
B. Tangential Line
C. Range
D. Trajectory
14. Which of the following is the ONLY force acting on a projectile?
A. Air resistance
B. Friction
C. Gravity
D. Unbalanced force
15. A ball is given an initial horizontal velocity at the top of the building. A second
ball is simply dropped from the same height. Neglecting air resistance, which of
the following is true?
A. The ball will never touch the ground
B. The balls will strike the ground at the same time
C. The first ball strike the ground first
D. The second ball strike the ground first
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Lesson
Projectile Motion
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Lesson Objectives:
1. Describe the projectile motion along the horizontal (x) and vertical (y)
component; and
2. Calculate range, time of flight, and maximum heights of projectiles.
What’s In
Our lesson for today will focus on objects that move in a parabolic path, where
the horizontal and vertical components of the projectile are independent of each
other. There is a major difference between the vertical and horizontal motion of a
projectile. This is that the vertical motion (y axis) is changing, but the horizontal
motion (x axis) is constant.
Direction: Complete the concept map by filling in the ellipses with the appropriate
words related to motion. Use the words inside the box.
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What’s New
Do you know Galileo Galilei? He was the first to describe projectile motion as
having two components: horizontal and vertical.
Can you recall the recent basketball game you watched or played? If you are
asked to tell how the ball moves when the player scores the basket, how would you
describe it? Does the ball follow a straight path from the players hand to the basket?
Discover as we go along with our topic today.
Are you ready to enhance your skills by performing the next activity?
Procedure:
Study the illustration below and perform the task given.
Scale: 1 grid equal to 1 cm
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Guide Questions
1. What did you observe on the motion of the projectile?
2. Compare the motion of the projectile at different angles.
3. At what angle did the projectile reach the maximum height? lowest
height? farthest distance? shortest distance?
4. Using the grid, complete the table below .
Vertical Component
Angle (Ɵ) Horizontal Component (x)
(y)
4.00 cm 0.40 cm
15°
6.50 cm 1.10 cm
30°
8.50cm 2.20 cm
45°
6.50 cm 3.00 cm
60°
4.00 cm 4.00 cm
75°
What is It
A projectile is an object that is initially thrown into the air and continues to move
on its path acted upon by gravity. From figure 2, you can see the different elements
of projectile. When launching the projectile, it is given an initial velocity v i at initial
angle ɵ. As it travels through the air, it displaces in two dimensions along the
horizontal, x and vertical, y.
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We should know that trigonometry already gives us the ability to relate side lengths
of a right triangle-hypotenuse, opposite, adjacent-and one of the angles, Ѳ as seen
opposite
sin
hypotenuse
adjacent
cos
hypotenuse
opposite
tan
adjacent
below.
When we break diagonal vector into two diagonal components, the total vector and
its components-v, vy, vx - form a right triangle because of this we can apply the same
trigonometric rules to a velocity vector magnitude and its two components. Notice
that vx is treated as the adjacent side, vy as the opposite and v as the hypotenuse.
vy
sin
v
vx
cos
v
vy
tan
Figure 5. Vector Components vx
How can we use the components to find the magnitude, v and angle Ѳ of the total
velocity vector?
Finding the magnitude of the total velocity vector for any right triangle, the side
lengths of the hypotenuse will be related to Pythagorean theorem: Vr2 = Vx2 + Vy2
Aside from initial, final velocities and angles, we usually consider factors in projectile
motion:
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time of flight, t the entire duration while the projectile is at its
trajectory;
range, R is the horizontal distance covers by a projectile;
maximum height, ymax is the maximum vertical displacement travelled
by the projectile.
The horizontal component of the velocity of an object along the horizontal is constant
or the same anywhere on the trajectory which means that there is no acceleration.
The first two kinematic equations should be written as;
vfx = vix = vx = v cos ɵ Equation 1
x = vxt Equation 2
where;
vfx is the final horizontal velocity
vix is the initial horizontal velocity
vx is the horizontal velocity
where ɵ is the angle from the horizontal. This also assumes that the initial position
is zero.
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Now, let us inspect the vertical motion of a projectile. From our discussion earlier,
you know that projectile motion, when viewed along a vertical, accelerates at a rate
of –g. Note also that when a projectile reaches its maximum height, the velocity along
the vertical is zero. From this assumption, you can write the first two kinematic
equations as;
vy = v sin ɵ Equation 3
vymax = 0 at ymax
Vyf = vyi - gt
yf = yi + vyit – ½ gt2 Equation 4
where;
vy is the vertical velocity
vymax is the maximum vertical velocity
vyf is the final vertical velocity
vyi is the initial vertical velocity
g is the acceleration due to gravity
t is the time
yf is the final vertical displacement
yi is the initial vertical displacement
At this point, we will consider an object thrown at an angle from the horizontal with
a velocity. Looking at the object at the highest point (v = 0), the third kinematic
equation for vertical motion above will be:
vyi = gt
𝑉𝑦𝑖
𝑡= Equation 5
𝑔
It takes the object the same time to reach from the initial to highest point; and from
the highest point down.
R = vx (2t)
𝑉𝑦𝑖
R = vx (2 𝑔
)
𝑣 2 2 cos ɵ sin ɵ
R=
𝑔
𝑣 2 sin 2 ɵ
R= 𝑔
Use the equations as tools in analyzing projectile motion. You can compute nearly
every aspect of motion by using combinations of these kinematic equations.
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Sample Problem 1:
A bullet is fired from gun mounted at an angle of 30°. If the muzzle velocity is
400 m/s , calculate:
ɵ = 30°
vi = 400 m/s
Solution:
(200𝑚/𝑠)2
= 𝑚
2 (9.8 2 )
𝑠
𝑚2
40,000 2
= 𝑠
𝑚
19.6 2
𝑠
= 2040.82 m
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2 (𝑣𝑦 )
tT =
𝑔
2 (200 𝑚/𝑠)
= 𝑚
(9.8 2 )
𝑠
400 𝑚/𝑠
= 𝑚
9.8 2
𝑠
= 40.82 s
𝑚
(400 𝑠 )2 (sin 60°)
= 𝑚
9.8 2
𝑠
𝑚2
160,000 2 (0.866)
= 𝑠
𝑚
9.8 2
𝑠
𝑚2
138,560 2
= 𝑠
𝑚
9.8 2
𝑠
= 14, 138.78 m
What’s More
Direction: Two word problems are given below. The first problem is done as your
guide. Solve the next problem accurately.
Problem 1
A cannon ball on the ground is fired at 35° with an initial velocity of 250 m/s.
Given:
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v⃗i = 250 m/s
ɵ = 35°
𝑚
g = 9.8
𝑠2
Solution:
a. The time of flight of the cannon ball
2vi sin 500m / s (sin 35) 500m / s (0.57) 285m / s
tf 29.08s
g 9.8m / s 2 9.8m / s 2 9.8m / s 2
Problem 2
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How are you? Did you have fun in answering and doing your activities? Hope you did
it well. Now, Let’s find out in the next activities.
Size up!
Direction: Below is the summary of the concepts learned in this module. Fill in the
blanks with the correct word/s to complete the statement.
dx = v⃗xt 1
dy = v⃗iy + 𝑔𝑡 2
2
Displacement
(4) (5)
What I Can Do
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Hang on! You’re almost there! This time, you will do something special that is
applicable to your day to day activities. Shall we?
Activity 5: Away you go!
Materials:
Activity Sheets Writing Materials
Problem:
An object is launched at a velocity of 25 m/s in a direction making an angle of 30°
upward with the horizontal.
Assessment
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Congratulations! You have made it! Before we end up, let’s test your mastery of the
concepts by answering the questions below.
Direction: Read and understand the questions. Write the letter of the correct answer
on a separate sheet.
1. At the instant, a ball is thrown horizontally with a large force, an identical ball is
dropped from the same height. Which ball hits the ground first?
A. Dropped ball
B.Neither ball hit at the same time
C.The horizontal thrown ball
D. The vertically thrown ball
2. Hammer and nail are dropped at the same time from rest in a vacuum. Which of
the following statement is true?
A. The hammer reaches the ground first followed by the nail.
B. The nail reaches the ground first followed by the hammer.
C. Both hammer and nail reach the ground at the same time.
D. The time of fall cannot be determined.
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8. Which of the following statements is NOT true about projectile motion?
A. Horizontal velocity of projectile is constant
B. It is a combination of two independent motion-vertical and horizontal
C. The motion of the projectile released vertically downward is accelerated
D. Both horizontal and vertical velocities are constant
9. At the instant, a ball is thrown horizontally with a large force, an identical ball is
dropped from the same height. Which ball hits the ground first?
A. Dropped ball
B. Neither ball hit at the same time
C. The horizontal thrown ball
D. The vertically thrown ball
11. In the absence of air resistance, what is the angle at which a ball thrown will
do the farthest range?
A. 15°
B. 30°
C. 45°
D. 60°
12. A ball is given an initial horizontal velocity at the top of the building. A second
ball is simply dropped from the same height. Neglecting air resistance, which of
the following is true?
A. The ball will never touch the ground.
B. The balls will strike the ground at the same time.
C. The first ball strike the ground first.
D. The second ball strike the ground first.
13. Which of the following statements is NOT true about projectile motion?
A.Horizontal velocity of projectile is constant.
B. It is a combination of two independent motion-vertical and horizontal.
C. The motion of the projectile released vertically downward is accelerated.
D. Both horizontal and vertical velocities are constant.
14. Which of the following refers to the maximum horizontal distance that a
projectile covers from its starting point to its end point?
A. Height
B. Tangential Line
C. Range
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D. Trajectory
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Additional Activities
Amazing! You made it! However you’ve got one more activity! Activity 6 will
increase your skills and confidence.
Materials:
Direction:
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Activity 3: Paint Me A Picture!
Guide Questions
1. It follows a parabolic path.
2. The motion of projectile at different angles follows a parabolic path but differs in height and distance
reached.
3. The maximum height is at 750, lowest height is at 150, farthest distance is at 450 & shortest distance
is at 750 & 150.
4.
Angle (ɵ) Horizontal Component (x) Vertical Component (y)
15° 4.00 cm 0.40 cm
30° 6.50 cm 1.10 cm
45° 8.50cm 2.20 cm
60° 6.50 cm 3.00 cm
75° 4.00 cm 4.00 cm
Post test Pretest
1. B 1. B
2. C 2. B
3. C 3. C
4. B 4. C
5. B 5. B
6. B 6. A
7. A 7. B
8. D 8. D
9. B 9. C
10. C 10. C
11. C 11. B
12. B 12. D
13. D 13. C
14. C 14. C
15. C 15. B
Remember Me?
Answer Key
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What I Have Learned
Size Up!
1. Magnitude 7. Graphically
2. Direction 8. Angle
3. Resultant 9. Component
4. Equal 10. Projectile motion
5. Two 11. Horizontal
6. Triangle 12. Vertical
Table (Projectile Motion)
Horizontal and Vertical Components of Projectile Motion
Acceleration a⃗x = 0 a⃗y = g
Velocity v
⃗x= v
⃗ i cos ɵ v
⃗y= v⃗ i sin ɵ
v ⃗ ix
⃗x= v v
⃗y= v⃗ iy + gt
Displacement dx = v
⃗ xt 1
dy = v
⃗ iy + 𝑔𝑡 2
2
Worry No More!
Given:
vi = 250 m/s
ɵ = 35°
Solution:
a. The time of flight of the cannon ball
2𝑣
tf = 𝑖 𝑠𝑖𝑛
𝑔
𝑚
2 250 (𝑠𝑖𝑛35°)
𝑠
= 𝑚
9.8
𝑠2
= 29 s
b. The range of the cannon ball
𝑣𝑖2 sin(2)
R=
𝑔
𝑚
(250 )2 sin(2(35°))
𝑠
= 𝑚
9.8 2
𝑠
= 6.0 x 103 m
c. The maximum height that the cannon ball reached
𝑣𝑖2 𝑠𝑖𝑛2
Ymax =
2𝑔
𝑚
(250 )2 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 35°
𝑠
= 𝑚
2 (9.8 2 )
𝑠
= 1.0 x 103 m
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