Question

Someone please explain me horizontal and vertical component (of projectile motion) with images.

Answer 1

Hope, you understand my answer .


In projectile,

A projectile is any object upon which the only force is gravity,


Projectiles travel with a parabolic trajectory due to the influence of gravity


,There are no horizontal forces acting upon projectiles and thus no horizontal acceleration,


The horizontal velocity of a projectile is constant (a never changing in value),

There is a vertical acceleration caused by gravity; its value is 9.8 m/s/s, down
,The vertical velocity of a projectile changes by 9.8 m/s each second

,The horizontal motion of a projectile is independent of its vertical motion.

Hope, you understand my answer both visually and theoretically .

Answer 2

The projectile components are denoted by x and y.

Explanation:

1. Since a projectile motion is 2-D in nature, its directions or trajectory is dependent on 2 components: the horizontal component and the vertical component.
2. It is like dividing the direction into two parts.
3. The x-component is called the horizontal component as it is horizontal in nature in the graph whereas the y- axis component is called the vertical component as it is vertically drawn in the graph.
4. The vertical component is always perpendicular to the observed surface.
5. In the given image $v_{x}$ is the horizontal component and $v_{y}$ is the vertical component.

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