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Projectile motion: WAEC Physics Past Questions and Answers
What the WAEC syllabus covers in Projectile motion
Our summary: How an object thrown into the air moves, including its range, greatest height and time of flight.
- Concept of projectiles as an object thrown/released into space (Applications of projectiles in warfare, sports etc. Simple problems involving range, maximum height and time of flight may be set.)
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WAEC (WASSCE) Physics questions on Projectile motion
- WAEC 2024Which of the following statements about a projectile is not correct?
- WAEC 2023The ratio of maximum range to maximum height of a projectile is 4. Determine the angle of projection.
- WAEC 2021A stone is thrown horizontally with initial velocity 15m/s from a tower 20 m high. How long does it take to reach the ground? [g= 10m/s ^2
- WAEC 2018A football is kicked at an angle of 45° to the horizontal over a defense line up with a velocity of 15 ms^ -1 . Calculate the magnitudeof horizontal velocity of…
- WAEC 2018A body is projected with an initial velocity u at angle to the horizontal. If R max is the maximum range of the projectile, what does the relation u^ 2 R max…
- WAEC 2017A ball is projected horizontally from the top of a tower. Neglecting air resistance, which of the following statements about its motion is/are correct? I…
- WAEC 2016At a birthday party, the celebrant pops a corked fruit wine. If the cork shoots out of the bottle at an angle of 40o to the horizontal and travels a horizontal…
- WAEC 2015A body is projected with an initial velocity U at an angle O to the horizontal. The time taken by it to reach its maximum height is given by the expression
- WAEC 2012The time of flight for a projectile motion is given by the expression
- WAEC 2011A coin is pushed from the edge of a laboratory bench with a horizontal velocity of 15.0 ms^ -1 . If the height of the bench from the floor is 1.5m, calculate…
- WAEC 2010a body is projected horizonatlly from the top of a cliff 45m above the ground. if the body lands at a distance 30m from the foot of the cliff, calculate the…
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