Projectile Motion
Projectile Motion: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, 2D Motion, Projectile Motion, Final Velocity for a Horizontal Projectile from a Height & Equation of Path of a Projectile etc.
Important Questions on Projectile Motion
A ball is projected at an angle of above with the horizontal from the top of a tower and strikes the ground in at angle of with the horizontal. Find the height of the tower and the speed with which it was projected.

Two bodies of same mass are projected with the same velocity at an angle and respectively. The ratio of their horizontal ranges will be

The maximum range of a gun of horizontal terrain is . If then, muzzle velocity of a shell must be

From a high building, a stone is dropped and simultaneously another identical stone is thrown horizontally with an initial speed of Which one of the following statements is true?

A bullet is fired horizontally from a gun with a speed of in order to hit a target away. From what height above the target should the gun be aimed? (The resistance of air is negligible and ,

Two guns situated on the top of a hill of height fire one shot each with the same speed at some interval of time. One gun fires horizontally and other fires upwards at an angle of with the horizontal. The shots collide in air at point . Find the time interval between the firings.

Two towers and are situated a distance apart as shown in figure. is high and is high from the ground. An object of mass is thrown from the top of horizontally with a velocity of towards . Simultaneously another object of mass is thrown from the top of at an angle of to the horizontal towards with the same magnitude of initial velocity as that of the first object. The two objects move in the same vertical plane, collide in mid-air and stick to each other. Find the position where the objects hit the ground (from ).

A object is thrown with initial speed with an angle of projection . What is the range covered by the particle. (write answer in meter).

A object is thrown with initial speed with an angle of projection . What is the maximum height achieved by object. (write answer in meter).

If an object is thrown horizontally with an initial speed from the top of a building of height . What is the horizontal distance covered by the particle?

A projectile is fired at an angle of to the horizontal with an initial velocity of find the time of flight of the projectile before it hits the ground.

From the top of a tower high, a ball is thrown horizontally. If the line joining the point of projection to the point where it hits the ground makes an angle of with the horizontal, then the initial velocity of the ball is

A body is projected horizontally from a height of . It reaches the ground at a horizontal distance of . The speed of the particle when it reaches the ground is

With what minimum speed must a body be projected from the origin in the plane so that it can pass through a point whose and coordinates are and respectively? Take

The range of a projectile when launched at an angle with the horizontal is . What will be the range of that projectile when launched with the same velocity at an angle to the horizontal?

The maximum range of a gun of horizontal terrain is . If then, muzzle velocity of a shell must be

A ball thrown by one player reaches the other in . The maximum height attained by the ball above the point of projection will be

An artillery piece which consistently shoots its shells with the same muzzle speed has a maximum range . To hit a target which is from the gun and on the same level, the elevation angle of the gun should be

Two particles are projected from the same point with the same speed u such that they have the same range R, but different maximum heights, and Which of the following is correct?

Two guns and can fire bullets at speeds and respectively. From a point on a horizontal ground, they are fired in all possible directions. The ratio of maximum areas covered by the bullets fired by the two guns, on the ground is:
