Assignments:
Read chapter 5, sections 1 - 4
Problems 1-6, 8, & 10 page 100 - 101

Help on Problems

• How to find the horizontal and vertical components of velocity in projectile motion

• What the path and range of a projectile are

• How launch angle relates to range of projectiles

• What centripetal force and acceleration are, and what direction they act in.

• How centripetal force is related to the radius of the circle, mass, and velocity of the object.

• What provides centripetal force in circular motion situations

• What critical velocity is

• What centrifugal force is and when it can be considered valid.

How to calculate:

• projectile range

• critical velocity and string tension in a vertical circle

• centripetal force and acceleration

• The speed of a sattelite in an orbit at a given altitude