Kinematics
Non-linear motion
Play with the 2 Cannon pointing at each model. This simulation can be used to illustrate the thought experiment "The Monkey and the Hunter" often used to illustrate the effect of gravity on projectile motion.
A hunter with a blowgun goes out in the woods to hunt for monkeys and sees one hanging in a tree, at the same level as the hunter's head. The monkey, we suppose, releases its grip the instant the hunter fires his blowgun. Where should the hunter aim and when should he fire in order to hit the monkey?
is conceptually in the green line being without the effects of gravity,
the cannons ball will meet as predicted by Newton's 1st Law of motion
without net external force.
now, adding the same gravitational
acceleration means both cannon balls will move down at the same rate (
pink lines).
therefore, the 2 cannon balls has to collide .
(g) solve problems using equations which represent uniformly accelerated motion in a straight line, including the motion of bodies falling in a uniform gravitational field without air resistance
Understanding
Teacher Learning Community as Support for Implementation of Open Source
Physics for Conceptual Instruction
Project Number: OER 10/15 GWF
Project
Duration: 01 July 2015 - 30 April 2017
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