Projectile Motion Problems

Follow these steps:

  1. Draw a diagram, if one is not drawn already. If there is one, feel free to add things to it.
  2. Choose an origin and positive directions for your coordinate system.
  3. Create a table showing all the x-data in one column and all the y-data in another. Split the initial velocity into components.
  4. Keep the x-data separate from the y-data. The link between them is time.
  5. Then look at the equations to see how to proceed.