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"What is the use of repeating all that stuff, if you don't explain it as you go on? It's by far the most confusing thing I ever heard!"
- The Mock Turtle in "Alice in Wonderland"
"It has been observed that missiles and projectiles describe a curved path of some sort; however no one has pointed out that this path is a parabola."
- Salviati (in Galileo's "Dialogue Concerning Two New Sciences)
Complexity of projectile motion. Velocity components. Motion of an object projected horizontally.
Finding vertical and horizontal components of velocity for projectile motion. Determination of coordinates and position of a projectile at given time. Parabolic shape of the projectile trajectory.
Describing motion of an object projected at an angle. Maximum height and range of a projectile. Approach to solving problems with projectiles. Challenges of taking air resistance into account.
Relative velocity. Swimming in a river example.
Presentation on Projectile Motion
Presentation on Projectile Motion
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