PARAMETERS
Name of parameter | Content | Name of parameter | Content |
H | highest altitude | Xscl | scale of |
L | horizontal distance | Z | input of time period |
T | time | V | initial velocity (V0) |
X | distance (after time Z) | θ | angle (released angle) |
Y | altitude (after time Z) | C | highest altitude when released at 90˚ |
D | time elapsed | B | horizontal distance when released at 45˚ |
Yscl | scale of | A | time period when released at 45˚ |
Exercise
Find the horizontal distance and altitude three seconds after an object is thrown, when the initial velocity is 25m/sec and the angle is 52˚.
Set up condition: angle unit in Deg mode, and decimal point in Float Pt mode.
2ndF SET UP B 1 C 1 E 1 CLStep | Key Operation | Display |
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Specify the programme mode. Select the title PARABOLA.
Enter the value of the initial velocity.
(Highest altitude when released at 90˚) (Distance when released at 45˚)
(Time when released at 45˚)
PRGM A
2 5 ENTER
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ENTER
Enter the angle value. | 5 |
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| ENTER |
(Display of time until dropping of object)
ENTER
(Display of graph of parabola)
ENTER
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Enter the value of time period Z.
(Display of distance after Z seconds) (Display of altitude after Z seconds)
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ENTER
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ENTER
(Altitude and distance after Z seconds are displayed on the parabola graph.)
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