Department of Physics and Astronomy
Michigan State University
PHY231 Fall 1997

Lecture 6: September 08

Reading before class: C/J 3.1, 3.2, 3.3

Topics and Concepts

• Motion in two dimensions
• Decomposition of motion into components
• Independence of motion for different components

Equations

none

Demonstrations

• Shoot the monkey

Examples

• The Velocity of the Care Package (C/J example 3, page 69)
• The Height of a Kickoff (C/J example 5, page 71)
• The Range of a Kickoff ( C/J example 7, page 72)

Reading for next class: C/J 4.1-4.4

PHY 231

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