Projectile motion
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The golden rule

The golden rule

Projectile motion diagram showing an angled launch with constant horizontal velocity arrows and changing vertical velocity arrows

A projectile is an object that moves freely once launched, so in the ideal model the only force on it is gravity. That means gravity can only change the vertical motion, because forces only produce acceleration in their own direction.

Projectile motion Lesson

  1. A Level
  2. /Physics
  3. /Projectile motion