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Horizontal Projectile Motion: Physics Notes

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When an object is thrown from horizontal at an angle θ except 90°, then it will follow a trajectory and the
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motion is called projectile motion. A horizontally thrown ball and a bullet fired from a rifle held horizontally
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are the examples of projectiles in the horizontal direction. For this type of projection there is an initial
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force in the x-direction after it is projected, the projectile moves in this direction with a constant speed (u). Previous Months
As the object moves horizontally, it also falls in the downward direction due to gravity. In the downward
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direction, the motion is the same as that of a dropped object.
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Let us consider a body A which is allowed to fall freely and another body B projected horizontally with a
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velocity u from the same height and at the same time. The body B possesses simultaneously:
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Uniform horizontal velocity u
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A non-uniform vertical velocity v.
As the body B travels down its vertical velocity (v) increases due to acceleration due to gravity. But the Defence MCQs
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projected horizontally from the same height at the same time will strike the ground simultaneously at
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different points. But the two bodies at any instant will be at the same vertical height above the ground.
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Consider a body which is projected at an angle with the horizontal. Let u be the initial velocity of the
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projectile and θ be the angle of projection.
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Initial velocity can be resolved into two components viz. (i) the horizontal component u cos θ and (ii) the
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The maximum height reached is given by
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The time of flight (tf) of a projectile is defined as the time taken by it to reach the horizontal plane after its
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projection. It s given by
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