Spreadsheet application showing the proper elevation angle, points of shot and impact of a projectile.

Autor: Jan Benacka
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Zdroj: Physics Education; May2015, Vol. 50 Issue 3, p1-1, 1p
Abstrakt: This paper provides the formula for the elevation angle at which a projectile has to be fired in a vacuum from a general position to hit a target at a given distance. A spreadsheet application that models the trajectory is presented, and the problem of finding the points of shot and impact of a projectile moving in a vacuum if three points of the trajectory are known is solved and modelled by another interactive application. A Gaussian elimination method is used to solve the system of linear equations that gives the trajectory parameters. These applications were developed with 30 high-school students, who were given a questionnaire to find out their opinion of the lessons. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index