Projectile motion at an angle
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Velocity must be broken down into its x and y components using trigonometric functions like cosine and sine. Excel can be used to model the path of a projectile by taking the equations of motion and rewriting them so that x and y positions are calculated separately over time based on the initial velocity components.
Projectile motion at an angle
- 1. Velocity must be resolved in the x and y directions
- 2. Resolving in x direction is cos and y direction sin
- 3. Use Excel to model the path of a projectile: Rewrite 2nd Equation below for x and y components to do this