This physlet shows a cannon that will fire a bullet at different speeds , angles heights and with various accelerations due to gravity. In addition the bullet is launched at a target that will move horizontally across the screen with either a constant velocity or uniform acceleration.
Though you can solve umpteen different problems from all the possible combinations of the initial conditions (and you will probably want to try at least 26 different ones) , let's start with the conditions the computer has set for you.
CLICK INITIALIZE and then SHOOT NEW BULLET
* Position may be found by clicking at any point on the grid. * X and Y coordinates are given in meters. *
Time is given in seconds. * Up and right are positive, down and left are negative.
