Consider you kicked a ball at 16 meter/sec
|
Angle of inclination |
60 |
45 |
30 |
|
Vx meter/sec |
16 m/s x cosq
= 16 x 0.5 = 8 m/s |
16 m/s x cosq
= 11.312 m/s |
16 m x 0.866 = 13.856
m/s |
|
Vy meter/sec |
16 m/s x sinq= 16 x 0.866
= 13.856 |
16 m/s x sinq
= 11.312 m/s |
16 m x 0.5 = 8
m/s |
|
Time (sec) |
2.8 sec |
2.3 sec |
1.63 |
|
H (meters) |
8 x 2.8 = 22.4 m |
11.312 x 2.3 = 26.01 m |
13.856 x 1.63 = 22.6 m |
The best angle of inclination should be 45o,
meaning when you kick a soccer ball at an angle of 45o,
the ball will travel the farthest. If you kick too high, the ball
will stay longer in the air, but will travel a shorter distance
because most of the energy you are kicking with will be used up in
gaining height.
