Phys 1405 lab 9 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Virtual Lab: Projectile Motion Name(s): Date: Please use a font color other than black, red or green. Theory: A projectile is an object that moves in two dimensions, in other words, it moves vert ically and horizontally at the same time. A special characteristic of a projectile is that its motion in the vertical direction is independent of its motion in the horizontal direction. If air resistance is small enough to be ignored, then the only force acting on a projectile after launch, is the verti...