In 1600s, armies used equations of motions to calculate
velocities and angle for firing a missile to hit
a target. While a quarterback does not do explicit
calculations using equations of motion, a computerized
football game will certainly need to do these calculations.
We will use the metric notations that are favored
for all scientific and engineering calculations
Abbreviation | Meaning |
---|---|
u | Initial velocity |
v | Final velocity |
a | Acceleration |
t | Time |
s | Distance |