Master Projectile Motion: Find Maximum Height with Initial Speed and Angle

Join the discussion
Ask a follow-up here, or get your own question answered by working scientists, mathematicians and engineers — people, not an autocomplete.
Real named experts · corrections over time · the nuance an AI answer skips
2 replies · 3K views
Kalie
Messages
46
Reaction score
0
A projectile is fired from ground level at time 0, at an angle theta with respect to the horizontal. It has an initial speed v0. In this problem we are assuming that the ground is level.
Find , the maximum height attained by the projectile, okay it is just asking for the equation
I know I need the tmax
which is = v0sin(theta)/g
tr=2tmax
H=y(tmax)
so Height=y(tmax)
but I am not sure how to do that...I mean were am I able to plug those in so that I can get the answer
 
Physics news on Phys.org
I've been working many problems similar to this one and I think I'm getting good answers. The teacher through out a rough one that I could use some help with though.

I'm supposed to prove that one quarter the distance the projectile travels times the tangent of theta is how high the projectile goes. I can see that this is true, but I'm not sure how to prove it.

Its expressed as deltaY = .25 deltaXtantheta

Any ideas?