Name
Period
Date
Projectile Motion Worksheet 5
at 30.
s
b. Calculate the initial horizontal and initial
vertical velocities.
A ball is launched from the ground with a velocity of 58.8 m
a. Draw a vector diagram of the initial
velocity and its horizontal and
vertical components.
c. Fill in the blanks for each quantity with units. Use a ? if unknown at this point.
Horizontal
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
vx 
xo  0 m


ax 
x

vo 

t
d. Calculate the horizontal and vertical positions of the
ball in 1.0 s increments then record them in the table
and graph them above. Show the t  3.0 s set of
calculations.

yo 

y
Vertical

voy 

vy 

g
t s 
0.0
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
6.0

x m

ym