Question

What is a projectile? Give any two examples. Show that the path followed by a

projectile fired at an angle to horizontal is a parabola.​

Answer 1

Answer:

ᴀ ᴘʀᴏᴊᴇᴄᴛɪʟᴇ ɪs ᴀɴʏ ᴏʙᴊᴇᴄᴛ ᴛʜʀᴏᴡɴ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇxᴇʀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏғ ᴀ ғᴏʀᴄᴇ. ɪᴛ ᴄᴀɴ ᴀʟsᴏ ʙᴇ ᴅᴇғɪɴᴇᴅ ᴀs ᴀɴ ᴏʙᴊᴇᴄᴛ ʟᴀᴜɴᴄʜᴇᴅ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ sᴘᴀᴄᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀʟʟᴏᴡᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴏᴠᴇ ғʀᴇᴇ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴғʟᴜᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴏғ ɢʀᴀᴠɪᴛʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀɪʀ ʀᴇsɪsᴛᴀɴᴄᴇ. ᴀʟᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜ ᴀɴʏ ᴏʙᴊᴇᴄᴛ ɪɴ ᴍᴏᴛɪᴏɴ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ sᴘᴀᴄᴇ ᴍᴀʏ ʙᴇ ᴄᴀʟʟᴇᴅ ᴘʀᴏᴊᴇᴄᴛɪʟᴇs, ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀʀᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴏɴʟʏ ғᴏᴜɴᴅ ɪɴ ᴡᴀʀғᴀʀᴇ ᴀɴᴅ sᴘᴏʀᴛs.