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AP Physics C: Mechanics
1.5 Motion in Two or Three Dimensions
IntermediateMCQMathematicalProportional Analysis14.2k
A schematic diagram showing two parabolic trajectories launched from the same origin on a horizontal ground line. A horizontal solid line at the bottom represents the ground. At the origin on the left, two launch velocity vectors of equal length extend upward and to the right: one vector is tilted at angle \(\theta\) to the horizontal, and the second is tilted at a steeper angle \(90^\circ - \theta\). A low, wide parabolic curve labeled 1 starts at the origin, reaches a maximum height indicated by a vertical dashed dimension line labeled \(H_1\), and lands on the ground at distance \(R\). A tall, narrow parabolic curve labeled 2 starts at the origin, reaches a higher maximum height indicated by a vertical dashed dimension line labeled \(H_2\), and lands at the exact same distance \(R\) on the ground line. A horizontal dimension arrow below the ground line spans from the origin to the common landing point, labeled \(R\). No other labels, lines, text, or axes appear.
Trajectories of two projectiles launched at complementary angles.
Two identical projectiles are launched from level horizontal ground with identical initial launch speeds \(v_0\) but at complementary launch angles \(\theta\) and \(90^\circ - \theta\), where \(0 < \theta < 45^\circ\). Both projectiles experience negligible air resistance and travel the same horizontal range \(R\) before returning to the ground. If \(H_1\) is the maximum vertical height attained by the projectile launched at angle \(\theta\) and \(H_2\) is the maximum vertical height attained by the projectile launched at angle \(90^\circ - \theta\), what is the ratio \(\dfrac{H_2}{H_1}\)?

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