PROJECTILE

MOTION
Projectile Motion

• Concerns the flight of an object or body after it is free of support.

• The flight path of a projectile is called the trajectory

 Projectile motion
• Concerns the flight of an object or body after it is free of support

• Objects that are continuously being propelled (such as airplanes)

aren’t considered projectiles

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 Example of projectiles

football

javelin

discus
Example of • Long jumper
projectiles • Diver
• High jumper
• Rory Mcllroy golf shot
A human in flight
behaves the same
projectile laws as
any other object.
 Factors affecting the
trajectory of a projectile
• The relative height of projection

• Projection angle(the initial angle relative to horizontal)

• Projection speed (velocity when object first released)

Air resistance
and wind
Factors
affecting the
trajectory of a
projectile
 Relative projection height

• This is the release height compared to the final landing height

of the projectile

• Ex.

• Relative projection height = 0

 Relative projection height

• Relative projection height =2m

 Relative projection height

• Relative projection height = -4.5 ft

 Optimum angle of projection

• If Relative projection height =0, the

optimum angle =45º

• If Relative projection height >0,the

optimum angle <45º

• If Relative projection height <0, the

optimum angle>45º
Optimum angle of
projection
• If Relative projection height =0, the
optimum angle =45º

• If Relative projection height >0,the

optimum angle <45º

• If Relative projection height <0, the

optimum angle>45º
Optimum Angle of projection:Range
 Seat work problem #1

An arrow is fired directly horizontal off a cliff that is 10.0 meters tall
with a velocity 65.5 m/s

a. How long is the arrow in the air?

b. What is the range of the arrow

Viy=0m/s dy=1 gt2 dx=dxt

Vfy=xxx 2
t=? T= 2dy dx=(65.5 m )
G=-9.8m/s2 g s
Dy=-10m t= (2)(-10m) dx=93.66m
-9.8 m
s2
t=1.43 sec
 Seatwork problem#2

A pool ball leaves a 0.60-meter high table with an initial

horizontal velocity of 2.4m/s

a.Predict the time required for the pool ball to fall to the
ground
b.Predict the horizontal distance between the table’s edge and
the ball’s landing location.
Viy=0m dy=1 gt2 dx=vxt
s 2 dx=(2.4 m) (0.35s)
s
Vfy=xxx t= 2dy dx=0.84m
G=-9.8 m g
s
T=? T= (2) (-0.60m)
Dy=0.60m -9.8 m
s2
t=0.35 sec
 Seatwork problem #3

A soccer ball is kicked horizontally off a 22.0-meter high hill and lands a
distance of 35.0 meters from the edge of the hill. Determine the initial
horizontal velocity of the soccer ball.

Viy=0 m dy= 1 gt2 dx=vxt

s 2 vx=dx
Vfy=xxx t= t
2dy
G=-9.8 m g vx=35.0m
s 2.12s
T=? T= (2)(-22m)
dy= -22m -9.8 m vx=16.51m
s2 s

t=2.12 sec
 Seatwork problem #4

Viy=0 m vx=23. m
s s
Vfy=xxx dy=1 (-9.8m
T= 5.70s 2 s2
Dy=? Dy=159.20m

159.20m tall cliff

 Seatwork problem #5
An airplane is making an emergency drop of medical supplies to soldiers on the
ground.If the plane is travelling 350.8km/hr directly parallel to the ground from a
height of 230.0 m,how far ahead of the landing site should the plane drop the
supplies?

Viy=0 m vx=99.4m Dy= 1gt2 dx=vxt

s s 2 vx=dx
Vfy=xxx t= 6.85s t
2dy vx=(99.4 m ) (6.85s
G=9.8 m dx=? g s
s2
t= vx=18.43 m
(2)(-230m) s
T=? -9.8 m
Dy= -230 m s
t=1.21 sec

358km 1000m 1hr =99.4 m

1hr X 1km X 3600s s
 Seatwork problem#6

You’re a criminal investigator and need evidence to discover the

mystery crash .A car traveled a horizontal distance of 22.3 m
before smashing into the ground after it ran off a horizontal road
.The cliff is 7.2m high from the base to the top. At what speed was
the car travelling at before it ran off the road?
Viy=0 m vx=? Dy=1gt2 dx=vxt
s 2
Vfy=xxx t= t= vx= dx
G= -9.8 m 2dy t
s2 dx=22.3m g
vx=22.3 m
T=? t= (2)(-7.2m) 1.21s
Dy= -7.2m -9.8m
s2 vx=18.43m
t= 1.21 sec s
 Seatwork problem #7
A bullet is fired from a gun with an unknown velocity towards an unwary deer in the
valley. If the hunter is standing on top of a hill and fires the gun horizontally at the deer
which is 200 yards away at angle of 5.0 degrees below the horizontal what is the initial
velocity of the bullet?

Viy=0 m vx=? Dy=1 gt2 x

s 2
Vfy=xxx t= y
G= -9.8 m dx=182.18m t= 2dy 0=5º
s g
200 yards
T=? (2)(-15.94m)
Dy=15.94m t= -9.8 m dx =vxt
s2 vx=dx
t=1.80sec t
Y=200sin(5.0) =17.43 yards vx=182.18m
X=200 cos(5.0) =144.24 yards 1.80 s

17.43 yards= 15.94m vx=101.21 m

144.24 yards=182.18m s