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Author Question: What do you need to know to be able to determine how far a projectile travels horizontally? (Read 1461 times)

Sandstorm

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on: Jun 23, 2013
a. The length of time before it lands
b. The horizontal velocity of the projectile
c. the height of the projectile path
d. the acceleration of gravity

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aero

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Reply #1 on: Jun 23, 2013
The answer is B.

Recall that:

v_x = v*cos(x) [horizontal velocity]
d_x = v_x(t) + ½at² [horizontal distance]

I hope this helps!


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curlz

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Reply #2 on: Jun 23, 2013
B is partially correct you must also know C and the ballistic coefficient of the projectile


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