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When an object travels in a parabolic pattern, it is called projectile motion. The objects path is called its trajectory.

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Projectile motion starts with an applied force, but then the rest of the trajectory is based solely on gravity.

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If the object starts and ends on the the same horizonatal surface then its trajectory would be a perfectly symmetrical parabola.

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When working with projectile motion, you could be trying to find two different things: the maximum height an object reached, or the range of the objects trajectory, also known as the horizontal distance it travelled.

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height:

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the acceleration in this case is caused by gravity. On Earth, this will always be

-9.81 m/s/s.

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range:

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