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2 Vectors and 2-D Kinematics

The document describes three physics experiments involving projectiles launched simultaneously but under different conditions. In the first two experiments, balls and shells are launched with the same initial speeds but different trajectories, hitting the ground or targets at the same time due to the independence of vertical acceleration from horizontal velocity. In the third experiment, shells are launched with different speeds at different heights, with the lower shell hitting first due to experiencing gravity's acceleration for less time than the higher shell.

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2 Vectors and 2-D Kinematics

The document describes three physics experiments involving projectiles launched simultaneously but under different conditions. In the first two experiments, balls and shells are launched with the same initial speeds but different trajectories, hitting the ground or targets at the same time due to the independence of vertical acceleration from horizontal velocity. In the third experiment, shells are launched with different speeds at different heights, with the lower shell hitting first due to experiencing gravity's acceleration for less time than the higher shell.

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A physics demo launches a ball horizontally while dropping a second ball vertically at exactly the same

time.
Which ball hits the ground first?
They both hit the ground at the same time, because the only difference between them is one has a
constant x direction velocity that is independent of the y direction acceleration of gravity.

A destroyer simultaneously fires two shells with the same initial speed at two different enemy ships.
The shells follow the parabolic trajectories shown.

Which ship gets hit first?

Enemy two, because it has a lower y direction height, meaning that the acceleration
of gravity acted for a shorter amount of time on it than the other, higher trajectory,
which would have taken longer to return to the ground.

A destroyer simultaneously fires two shells with different initial speeds at two different enemy ships.
The shells follow the parabolic trajectories shown.
1)
Which ship gets hit first?

Again enemy two for the same reasons as the previous example.

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