
Neglect air resistance in this problem. A cannon simultaneously fires two identical cannonballs at targets and as shown below. If the cannonballs have identical initial speeds, which of the following statements is true? Assume the point of projection and targets to be at the same horizontal level.




Important Questions on Projectile Motion

A particle- is projected with speed from a point A making an angle of with the vertical. At the same instant, a second particle- is thrown vertically upwards from point . Both the particles reach height , simultaneously. The ratio of is :


A gun is pointed towards a high target as shown in the figure. Target is released at the same time when the gun is shot. To hit the target in the air, muzzle speed should not less than

A fruit is falling with zero initial velocity from a high tree. A man, who is at horizontal distance from the tree fires a bullet with a speed of , at an angle with horizontal. After how much time will the bullet hit the fruit?


A boy standing on the foothpath tosses a ball straight up and catches it. The driver of a car passing by moving with uniform velocity sees this.
The trajectory of the ball as seen by the driver will be

