A Projectile Fired At A 45 Degree Angle

In summary: I'm talking about. In summary, the projectile was fired at a 45 degree angle and just barely made it above a 6m high fence that was 100 meters away. Its initial velocity was V0.
  • #36
Yes true, but there was still no 1/2 in either of them.

I tried to work it out without the 1/2 and I kept getting a cubic which cannot be solved. The one half made heaps of difference ;)
 
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  • #37
OUCH! i simply forgot to write down the half! Pretty amazing that no-one noticed! Sorry about that, dude! :)(the half actually appears from taking the anti-derivative of of t, resulting in 0.5(t)^2.)
 
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  • #38
I've haven't learned about anti-derivatives yet. But I see what you have done there.

Its not a problem mate, everyone makes mistakes ;)
 
  • #39
Yup. Those 4 basic equations of motions is what you use when you start out with physics, but you see clearly where they naturally come from first when you learn about derivates and integration.

:)
 
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