1. Projectile Motion Components of motion Types of projectiles
Gravity and projectiles
Tackling projectile motion problems
Projectiles with an upward vi
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2. A projectile is simply…
The most common example of an object moving in two-dimensions where only the force of gravity and air resistance are acting on it.
eg. Baseball, cannonball, snowboarder “getting air”

3. What do you see? What do you think?
Components of motion
What do you see? What do you think?

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5. Types of Projectiles

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7. Need to know A force is not required to keep an object in motion
Forces cause acceleration
In the case of projectiles…
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(neglecting air resistance for now)

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9. Think
Now suppose that gravity is “turned on”. Will gravity effect the cannonball's motion?

10. Gravity and projectiles
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Gravity causes a vertical acceleration downward.

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12. Tackling Projectile Motion Problems
READ THE QUESTION
Re-read the question and list your givens and unknown(s)
 Ensure you divide your velocity into x and y components (i.e. vix, viy, vfx, vfy)
Choose one of the 5 kinematic equations discussion previously
Draw a quick sketch, this gives you a better feel for the problem and helps avoid careless mistakes
Plug your numbers in and solve.

13. The 5 Kinematic Equations

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15. Check Your Understanding
A hockey puck is launched horizontally from the roof of a 32 m tall building at a velocity of 8.6 m/s.
What is the hockey puck’s time of flight?
What is the hockey puck’s range?

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17. Check Your Understanding
A child travels down a water slide, leaving it with a velocity of 4.2 m/s horizontally as shown below. The child then experiences projectile motion, landing in a swimming pool 3.2 m below the slide.
b) Determine the child’s horizontal displacement while in the air.

18. Check Your Understanding
A child travels down a water slide, leaving it with a velocity of 4.2 m/s horizontally as shown below. The child then experiences projectile motion, landing in a swimming pool 3.2 m below the slide.
c) Determine the child’s velocity upon entering the water.

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20. Real-life Projectile Motion
The horizontal motion of a projectile is independent of its vertical motion.

21. Analyzing More Complex Projectile Motion
The same kinematics equations can be used to analyze problems where the initial velocity is at some angle to the horizontal, viy = 0

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23. Check Your Understanding
A golfer is trying to improve the range of her shot. To do so she drives a golf ball from the top of a steep cliff, 30.0 m ……………………
time of flight.

24. Check Your Understanding
A golfer is trying to improve the range of her shot. To do so she drives a golf ball from the top of a steep cliff, 30.0 m ……………………
b) its range.

25. Check Your Understanding
A golfer is trying to improve the range of her shot. To do so she drives a golf ball from the top of a steep cliff, 30.0 m above the ground where the ball will land. If the ball has an initial velocity of 25 m/s and is launched at an angle of 50° above the horizontal, determine the ball’s
c) its final velocity just before it hits the ground.

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29. Check Your Understanding
A superhero launches himself from the top of a building with a velocity of 7.3 m/s at an angle of 25° above the horizontal. If the building is 17 m high
how far will he travel horizontally before reaching the ground?
what is his final velocity?