PROJECTILE MOTION

PROJECTILE MOTION

• It is a motion experienced by the object (projectile) being throw along the earth’s surface
following the parabolic path (trajectory) affected by the pull of gravity and air resistance
(drag force).

• COMPONENTS OF PROJECTILE MOTION

1. Horizontal Motion – or horizontal component: constant velocity

2. Vertical Motion – or vertical component: constant acceleration

• TYPES OF PROJECTILE MOTION

1. Object dropped from rest

2. Object thrown upward

3. Object thrown at an angle to the horizontal projection

• EXAMPLES OF PROJECTILE MOTION

EXAMPLES:

1. Basketball

2. Baseball

3. Volleyball

4. Firing of rifle into the air

5. Jumping horizontally

6. Soccer

• FACTORS THAT AFFECT THE PROJECTILE MOTION

1. Factors that affect the Projectile Motion

2. Gravity

3. Air Resistance

4. Angle

5. Speed

6. Height

• HORIZONTAL MOTION

• It is the motion of the object that travels along x-axis direction, wherein the motion
is constant in the whole travel.

• No horizontal force acting on the object that makes it travel in a constant velocity.

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• VERTICAL MOTION

• It is the motion of the object that travels along y-axis direction, wherein the motion
changes in the whole travel.

• The only force acting on the object is the gravitational force, and it changes by 9.8
2
m/s in each seconds of fall.
a. vertical distance,
• The velocity is zero at the highest point of the projectile.

b. vertical velocity,

Where:
vy=velocity along y-axis
࢜࢟࢏ =initial velocity along y-axis
ࢍൌ acceleration due to gravity
࢚= time taken

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TIME, RANGE AND MAXIMUM HEIGHTS OF THE PROJECTILE IN MOTION
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 Then the gravity or the acceleration due to gravity is a y =−g=−9.8 m/s
 Horizontal Motion component of the projectile along vertical direction does not experience
any acceleration on horizontal motion, therefore in mathematical equation a x =0
 Assuming that the initial velocity, angle, and height of a projectile is given, then we can
calculate the components of velocity the Pythagorean Theorem;
 vi x ¿ v i cos θ (velocity along horizontal direction)
 viy ¿ v i sinθ (velocity along vertical direction)