Question

A projectile has an initial horizontal velocity of 15 meters per second and an initial vertical velocity of 25 meters per second. Determine the projectiles horizontal displacement if the total time of flight is 5 seconds

Answer 1

Answer:

75 m

Explanation:

The horizontal motion of the projectile is a uniform motion with constant speed, since there are no forces acting along the horizontal direction (if we neglect air resistance), so the horizontal acceleration is zero.

The horizontal component of the velocity of the projectile is

$v_x = 15 m/s$

and it is constant during the motion;

the total time of flight is

t = 5 s

Therefore, we can apply the formula of the uniform motion to find the horizontal displacement of the projectile:

$d= v_x t =(15 m/s)(5 s)=75 m$