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AP Physics 1
2D Motion WS
The equations of motion that relate to projectiles were discussed in the Projectile Motion Analysis
Activity. You found that a projectile moves with constant velocity in the horizontal motion and constant
acceleration in the vertical direction (ay = -9.8 m/s2). You can use the same equations from the previous
unit to solve projectile motion problems keeping in mind horizontal motion is independent of vertical
motion.

Horizontally Launched Projectiles


A horizontally launched projectile’s initial vertical velocity is zero. Solve the following problems with
this information.
1. Given the following situation of a marble in motion on v = 10 m/s
a rail with negligible friction:
a. Once the ball leaves the table, calculate how long it
will take for the ball to hit the floor.
h = 1.5 m
b. In the time you have calculated in part b, how far
will the ball travel horizontally before hitting the
floor?

If the table were 3.0 m high (so we have doubled the height), and sphere was traveling with the same
velocity of 10 m/s while on the table determine each of the following....
c. Determine how much longer it will take the ball to fall to the floor.
d. What effect did doubling the height have on range of the marble? What other factors affect the range
of the sphere?
e. Determine the impact velocity (magnitude and direction) of the marble right before it hits the floor
(for the 1.5 m high table).
2. A bottle is dropped from a moving airplane (ignore the effect of air resistance). If the plane from which
the bottle was dropped was flying at a height of 500m, and the bottle lands 400m horizontally from the
initial dropping point, how fast was the plane flying when the bottle was released?
3. Suppose that an airplane flying 60 m/s, at a height of 300m, dropped a sack of flour (ignore the effect
of air resistance). How far from the point of release would the sack have traveled when it struck the
ground?

4. In many locations, old abandoned stone quarries have become filled with water once excavating has
been completed. While standing on a quarry wall, a boy tosses a piece of granite into the water below. If
he throws the ball horizontally with a velocity of 3.0 m/s, and it strikes the water 4.5 m away, how high
above the water is the wall? (ignore the effect of air resistance)
Projectiles Launched at an Angle
Projectile motion and vectors

V V Vy

θ Vx
θ
 A projectile’s velocity (v) has an X component (vx) and a Y component (vy). The X component
(vx) is found by multiplying the magnitude of the velocity by the cosine of the angle, θ.
 Similarity, the Y component of velocity is found by multiplying the magnitude of the velocity by
the sine of the angle, θ.
So, a projectile fired at 20 m/s at 65o has an X-velocity of or 8.5 m/s.

The projectile would have a Y-velocity of or 18 m/s.


So, the projectile would fire as far as one fired horizontally at 8.5 m/s and as high as one fired straight up
at 18 m/s.

5. A lacrosse player slings the ball at an angle of 30o above the horizontal with a speed of 20 m/s.
a) How far away should a teammate be in order to catch the ball at the same height it was released?
b) What will be the impact velocity of the ball (Hint: you don’t need to do any calculations)

6. A daredevil is shot out of a cannon at an angle of 45o with an initial speed of 25 m/s. A net is
positioned at a horizontal distance of 50 m from the cannon. At what height above the cannon should
the net be placed in order to catch the daredevil?

7. Frustrated with the book your reading, you open the second story classroom window and violently hurl
your book out the window with a velocity of 18 m/s at an angle of 35 degrees above the horizontal. If
the launch point is 6 meters above the ground,
a) how far from the building will the book hit the parking lot?
b) Determine the impact velocity of the book

8. A ball is thrown straight upward and returns to the thrower's hand after 3 seconds in the air. A second
ball is thrown at an angle of 30 degrees with the horizontal. At what speed (remember that this is the
resultant magnitude of the vertical and horizontal speeds) must the second ball be thrown so that it
reaches the same height as the one thrown vertically?

Answers
1a) t= 0.553 sec b) x = 5.53 m c) double height, time increases by . So t = 0.78 s
d) double height, range increases by . So x = 7.82 m.
other factors: acceleration due to gravity (if doubled, range reduced by )
initial velocity (if doubled, then range doubled)
e) 11.4 m/s, 28.5o below the horizontal
2. Vx= 39.6 m/s 3. x = 469m 4. 11.03m 5. x = 35.3m
6. 10.8 m 7. x = 38.0 m 8. v0 = 29.4 m/s

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