I'm trying to answer a trivia question, and i just cannot find the answer. The question is "What mathematical shape does a cannonball trace in flight?" I've tried every curved based shape that I can think of, but can't come up with the right answer.
If anyone is interested in seeing the web site in question, here it is.
http://kcbs.listenernetwork.com/CodeDetail.asp
I have until the end of the day (Wednesday 6/13) to answer the question.
2007-06-13 03:44:06 · 6 answers · asked by deerslyr_71 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Try this link instead... it's a site to answer trivia, accumulate points and apply the points to raffles.
http://kcbs.listenernetwork.com/default.asp
Parabola was the correct answer, but I have to wait four hours to award "best answer" status.
2007-06-13 03:57:06 · update #1
It's a parabola - the horseshoe-shape you see in the graph of y=x^2. For the cannonball, it's upside down, like a frowny shape.
2007-06-13 03:49:39 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In a vacuum it would be a parabola. In the real world, the curve becomes more eccentric because of resistance to air, more of a hyperbola with a steeper curve at the end of the flight.
2007-06-13 03:54:48 · answer #2 · answered by thegubmint 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Parabola
2007-06-13 03:50:10 · answer #3 · answered by yeeeehaw 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ummm... it doesn't go to the link because there is "Unauthorized Access" to the website. Anyways... did you try "parabola" as the answer? That is typically how projectiles are mathematically represented.
2007-06-13 03:50:33 · answer #4 · answered by C-Wryte 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The path of any projectile is a parabola.
2007-06-13 03:54:22 · answer #5 · answered by Kalyansri 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I couldn't view your link...unauthorized access
2007-06-13 03:51:31 · answer #6 · answered by E J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋