Projectile Paths Under Gravity

Projectile motion describes the path of an object thrown into the air under Earth’s gravity. The object is called a projectile, and its curved path is called the trajectory. This motion appears in many real situations, such as fireworks, a golf ball in flight, meteors entering Earth’s atmosphere, and bullets being fired.

When an object is launched with some initial speed at an angle to the ground, it moves in a parabolic path due to gravity. The object is called the projectile, and the path it follows is called the trajectory.

The horizontal distance covered by the projectile is called the Range, whereas the maximum height, the projectile reaches, is know...