a projectile will cover the maximum vertical distance in the minimum time when the angle of its projection with the horizontal is
i know the ans is 45° but i am not able to prove it
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Lokesh Verma
·2009-01-13 20:41:05
karan the proof is relatively simple...
the time for which the projectile remains in the air is given by
2usinθ/g
The horizontal velocity is u cosθ
The range is horizontal velocity times "time"
so it is 2u2sinθ.cosθ/g
=u2sin2θ/g
for maxima sin 2θ=1
so θ=45 degreees :)