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Notes on Projectile Motion

Pages 358-360 | Received 30 Jun 2018, Accepted 30 Jul 2018, Published online: 22 Apr 2019
 

Abstract

If we throw a ball at angle 0θπ/2 to the horizon randomly, what is the expected length of the trajectory? Catalan’s constant appears in the answer. We are also interested in the expected average speed of the ball.

Acknowledgment

The author thanks the referee for the valuable comments that improved this article.

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