Projectile Motion

To recapitulate: motion under the influence of a constant acceleration, ~a, expressed in terms of fixed Cartesian coordinates, is described by

~v(t) = ~a t+ ~v0 , and ~r(t) = 1

2 ~a t2 + ~v0 t+ ~r0 .

Now, let’s consider an application of these formulae: Projectile Motion.