One of the most popular two-dimensional motion is the motion of bullets.

It is called a bullet
motion because this motion will be taken by each bullet fired upward by forming a certain angle
towards the horizontal direction (not vertical up) or being fired at any angle from a certain
height. Despite the name of the bullet movement, but the motion is not only used to discuss
bullets. Any object that is placed upward in a non-vertical direction or fired at an arbitrary angle
from a certain height does the motion of a bullet.

a) The motion of a missile fired is generally in the form of bullet motion. By understanding the
laws of motion, the shooting angle can be set so that the bullet hit the target.

b) The launch of a rocket carrying a satellite takes the path like a bullet trajectory. Thus the
direction of the launch can be determined so that the rocket reaches the desired position to place
the satellite in its orbit.

c) The golfer can adjust the power of the blow and the angle of the blow so that the ball falls
right or near the desired hole.

Now we start discussing the bullet motion in detail. Bullets fired at initial velocity to form a
certain elevation angle to the flat axis will take the path as in Figure 3.3. At the time of the firing,
the bullet has two speed components. The component of horizontal direction velocity and
vertical direction is

The bullet trajectory always curves downward due to the acceleration of earth's gravity. One of
the most characteristic of the bullet motion is the horizontal directional velocity component
always fixed as long as the bullet moves. But the vertical directional velocity component is
always changing (Figure 3.4). At first it gets smaller and when at the top of the track, the vertical
velocity component is zero. Then the velocity component enlarges but the direction is opposite
(downward direction).

Figure 3.4 Horizontal components of bullet velocity are always constan but vertical components
are always changing. Vertical component changes are caused by the acceleration of earth's
gravity. The horizontal direction velocity component is unchanged because there is no
acceleration in the horizontal direction. Differences in the nature of the movement because in the
vertical direction there is a downward gravitational acceleration while in the horizontal direction
there is no acceleration (Figure 3.5). If we take the direction to the right parallel to the positive x
axis and the upward direction parallel to the positive y axis then the velocity component of the
bullet motion in the x-axis direction (horizontal) and the y-axis (vertical) is