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The browser used by this site does not consistently support Greek characters so I will change the angle to w degrees. The direction of the y-axis is taken to be the positive direction so that the upward acceleration due to gravity is -g m/s^2.Suppose the particle is projected with an initial velocity of u m/s at an angle of t degrees.Then the vertical component of v is v(y) = v*sin(w) and the horizontal component is v*cos(w).Suppose the position of the particle after t seconds is [x(t), y(t)].Then, since there is no force acting in the horizontal direction, x(t) = v*cos(w)*tor, more simply, x = v*t*cos(w)this gives t = x/(v*cos(w)In the vertical direction the only force is gravity so y(t) = v*sin(t) - 1/2*g*t^2or, more simply, y = v*t*sin(w) - 1/2*g*t^2substituting for t,y = v*[x/(v*cos(w)]*sin(w) - 1/2*g*(x/(v*cos(w))^2or y = x*tan(w) - 1*g/[(2*v^2*cos(w)^2]*x^2the above equation would look much tidier if only we could write powers as superscript but this crap browser will not allow that.The equation is, therefore, of the form y = ax^2 + bx for some constants a and b. That is, it is a parabola.
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