Question

Recall some things you already know about projectile motion. Does a force in the vertical direction affect the horizontal component of an object’s velocity? In this situation, can you use the horizontal velocity component to find the time required to travel some horizontal distance?

Answer 1

Answer:

vertical force cannot change the velocity on the x-axis.   t =x/v₀ₓ

Explanation:

The force is a vector magnitude, so the forces on the x-axis affect the acceleration on this axis. Consequently a vertical force cannot change the velocity on the x-axis.

     $F_{y}$ = m g

    Fₓ = 0

The horizontal velocity in projectile motion is constant, if we neglect the air resistance, so it can be used to find the time of a horizontal displacement

       x = v₀ₓ t

       t =x/v₀ₓ

The only magnitude that is the same for both movements is the time that is a scalar