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Solution to projectile motion with quadratic drag and graphing the trajectory in spreadsheets

Ján Beňačka

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This note gives the analytical solution to projectile motion with quadratic drag by decomposing the velocity vector to x, y coordinate directions. The solution is given by definite integrals. First, the impact angle is estimated from above, then the projectile coordinates are computed, and the trajectory is graphed at various launch angles and speed using an interactive Excel application.

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This note gives the analytical solution to projectile motion with quadratic drag by decomposing the velocity vector to x, y coordinate directions. The solution is given by definite integrals. First, the impact angle is estimated from above, then the projectile coordinates are computed, and the trajectory is graphed at various launch angles and speed using an interactive Excel application.

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This note gives the analytical solution to projectile motion with quadratic drag by decomposing the velocity vector to x, y coordinate directions. The solution is given by definite integrals. First, the impact angle is estimated from above, then the projectile coordinates are computed, and the trajectory is graphed at various launch angles and speed using an interactive Excel application.

Key concepts: Projectile, Projectile motion, Trajectory of a projectile, Trajectory, Quadratic equation, Drag, Motion (physics), Range of a projectile

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