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Investigate the motion of a projectile.
The "Reset" button brings the projectile to its initial position. You can start or stop and continue the simulation with the other two buttons. If you choose the option "Slow motion", the movement will be ten times slower. You can vary (within certain limits) the values of initial height, initial speed, angle of inclination, mass and gravitational acceleration. The radio buttons give the possibility to select one of five physical sizes.
The effect of air resistance is neglected.

Software/Applets used on this page

JAOP
Based on free Java applets from Java Applets on Physics

This question appears in the following syllabi:

SyllabusModuleSectionTopicExam Year
AQA A-Level (UK - Pre-2017)M1KinematicsProjectiles-
AQA A2 Maths 2017MechanicsKinematicsProjectiles-
AQA AS/A2 Maths 2017MechanicsKinematicsProjectiles-
CCEA A-Level (NI)M2KinematicsProjectiles-
CIE A-Level (UK)M2KinematicsProjectiles-
Edexcel A-Level (UK - Pre-2017)M2KinematicsProjectiles-
Edexcel A2 Maths 2017MechanicsProjectilesProjectiles-
Edexcel AS/A2 Maths 2017MechanicsProjectilesProjectiles-
OCR A-Level (UK - Pre-2017)M2KinematicsProjectiles-
OCR A2 Maths 2017MechanicsMotion in Two DimensionsProjectiles-
OCR MEI A2 Maths 2017MechanicsProjectilesProjectiles-
OCR-MEI A-Level (UK - Pre-2017)M1KinematicsProjectiles-
Pre-U A-Level (UK)MechKinematicsProjectiles-
Universal (all site questions)KKinematicsProjectiles-
WJEC A-Level (Wales)M2KinematicsProjectiles-