Motion in a Plane

Unit 3

The motion of a projectile in the air is actually two-dimensional motion.  A projectile moving over short distances remains in the same vertical plane. Its velocity can be broken down into perpendicular components that are independent of each other. We can therefore analyze the motion of a projectile by analyzing these independent component motions.

Circular motion is another example of two-dimensional motion. We will study a special kind of acceleration called centripetal acceleration.

^{U3Q1 Projectile Motion}

^{U3Q2 Uniform Circular Motion}

^{Unit Exam}

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