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Vyl
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Homework Statement
Among many other things, determine if a projectile will clear a wall. I am attempting to make a program to respond with a 'yes' or 'no'. So this is not a specific question, it is more of a general "how is this solved?" question.
The known values are initial height, initial angle, and initial velocity.
The outputs are the maximum height, time, and distance, which I have calculated and outputted correctly using equations in the textbook.
So my basic question is, I need to figure out that given a distance from a wall and height of the wall, will the projectile clear it?
Homework Equations
dMaxHeight = dInitialHeight + (dInitialVelocity * dInitialVelocity * sin(dInitialAngle) * sin(dInitialAngle)) / (2 * dGravitationalAcceleration);
dMaxTime = (dInitialVelocity * sin(dInitialAngle)) / dGravitationalAcceleration + sqrt((2 * dMaxHeight) / dGravitationalAcceleration);
dMaxDistance = dInitialVelocity * dMaxTime * cos(dInitialAngle);
I believe that these equations are correct as I have checked them with the Java simulations.
The Attempt at a Solution
I've sketched out the parabola and the wall, and the only thing that I can think of is to make a chart of the x and y values of the traveling object as time progresses, and test them with the height and y-coordinate of the wall. Is this even close to being correct? I hope I'm being clear of what I'm trying to figure out.
Thanks very much for your help!
- Vyl