Recent content by GregD603

Thanks for the responses so quickly. And I"m sorry but I don't know what LaTex is, or where to obtain it. :( My textbook tends to be super confusing about stuff that should be pretty simple, I guess. The way it's described is: t = x/Vxo is substituted into y = VyoT - ½gt² to obtain y =...

I've been having difficulty understanding how the Parabolic Equation works... everytime I do a problem I get some really nasty looking numbers and often times it just doesn't work at all. The equation I was taught is: y = tan(θ)x - ( g / 2vo²cos²θ ) where vo = initial velocity vector...