Physical sciences · CAPS / NSCMake the invisible
Make the invisible
make sense.
Follow a flight. Balance a force. Connect what you see to the equations you solve.
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A question of motion.
- Height
- 0.00 m
- Vertical velocity
- 19.60 m/s
- Horizontal distance
- 0.00 m
- Horizontal velocity
- 0.00 m/s
Rising: vertical velocity decreases while gravity remains downward.
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The model, in equations.
SI units throughout. Right and up are positive. Take g = 9.8 m/s² downward. Displayed values are rounded; calculations retain full precision.
vᵧ = uᵧ + at19.60 ≈ 19.60 − 9.8 × 0.00 m/s
y = y₀ + uᵧt + ½at²0.00 ≈ 0.00 + 19.60 × 0.00 − 4.9 × 0.00² m
x = uₓt0.00 ≈ 0.00 × 0.00 m
Predicted flight4.00 s to ground · 19.60 m maximum height · 0.00 m range