Projectile motion: Two-dimensional motion of an object launched at an angle, with constant gravitational acceleration acting vertically and no horizontal acceleration.
How to apply it: Decompose projectile motion into independent horizontal and vertical components to solve for range and time of flight.
Course: AP Physics 1 · Unit: Kinematics
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