Mistake Master · AP Physics C · Unit 1 · Topic 1.5 · Step-Through Animation

Motion in Two Dimensions, Component by Component

Position is a vector function of time. Differentiate it component by component — the unit vectors just ride along — and a full projectile problem falls out of two one-dimensional motions that share nothing but the clock.

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VECTOR KINEMATICS LAB
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