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Projectiles

There are constant projectiles being formed in tennis through the trajectory and path of the ball as seen in the picture on the right. As soon as the ball is hit it travels upwards and then lands to the ground on the opposite side of the court. In the tennis trials you can identify the maximum height of the projectile and the time taken for the ball to reach that max height in calculations using your recorded results

 

Calculations for my expirement:

Resultant Velocity

The resultant velocity is the speed at the max height of the projectile. At this height there is zero verticle velocity and is thus determined with the horizontal velocity only. 

 

The calculations to identify the resultant velocity are on the right.

This image shows the projectile motion and trajectory of a tennis ball when hit from rest.

Projectile

Vertical

Horizontal

Time

Constant Velocity

Constant

Acceleration

9.8 m/s

Intitial Velocity

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