Question

A projectile is launched at an angle of 30° above the horizontal with an initial velocity (vo) of 42.2 m/s. After some time passes, the projectile reaches the peak of its trajectory.Its horizontal velocity (vx) at the peak of its trajectory is ____ m/s.

Answer 1

First, for us to start, let us draw the problem:

When we analyse this problem, we can see that the only velocity that changes overtime is the vertical velocity (due to gravity), so the horizontal speed is the same throughout the whole movement. This gives us the following:

`v_x=42.2*cos(30°)=36.546(m)/(s)`

Then, the horizontal speed at the peak of the trajectory (and also during the whole movement) is v=36.546m/s