First Section
Projectile Motion
Practice Problems on Projectile Motion
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Problem 1 - Ball rolling off a table top (16:20)
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Problem 2a - Finding the horizontal range of a soccer ball (15:03)
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Problem 2b - Finding the maximum height reached by a soccer ball (36:04)
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Problem 3 - Finding whether a basketball thrown will land in the basket (15:01)
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Problem 4 - What angle should I throw a basketball so it lands in the basket (4:35)
Interesting properties of projectile motion
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Expression for the Horizontal Range of a Projectile (4:39)
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Horizontal component of the velocity does not change (1:19)
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Time of flight of a projectile depends only on its vertical components (2:52)
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Application of above properties to problems (12:53)
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When is the horizontal range of a projectile maximum? (5:38)
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What angles of projection give you the same range for a given velocity? (3:07)
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The path taken by a projectile is a parabola (2:06)
Homework problems
