Two is better than one, right?! Let's take our understanding of forces, motion, velocity, and acceleration to a second dimension as we explore more realistic—and fun—scenarios.

Review the key concepts and skills for two-dimensional motion, including how to add and subtract vectors.

Visualizing position, velocity and acceleration in two-dimensions for projectile motion.

Physics the study of matter, motion, energy, and force.

Use a simulation to explore the motion of a projectile. Apply the kinematic equations to objects moving in two dimensions with constant acceleration in each dimension. Discover the …

Practice solving two dimensional projectile motion problems when the vertical and horizontal components of velocity are given (no trigonometry)

Visualizing, adding and breaking down vectors in 2 dimensions. Created by Sal Khan.

When working with 2D projectile motion, we analyze the motion in each dimension separately. We can do this because the motion and forces in the two dimensions are independent —they do …

Unit 2: Two-dimensional motion About this unit This unit is part of the Physics library. Browse videos, articles, and exercises by topic.

Projectile motion is a special case of two-dimensional motion that has zero acceleration in the horizontal dimension, and constant acceleration of magnitude g in the vertical dimension.