Essential University Physics (3rd Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134202709
Author: Richard Wolfson
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 3, Problem 74P
The portion of a projectile’s parabolic trajectory in the vicinity of the peak can be approximated as a circle. If the projectile’s speed at the peak of the trajectory is v, formulate an argument to show that the curvature radius of the circle that approximates the parabola is r = v2/g.
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