Shooting a project from an island.
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% Author: Izaak Neutelings (October 2017) \documentclass[border=3pt,tikz]{standalone} \usepackage{amsmath} % for \text \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{patterns} \usetikzlibrary{backgrounds} \usetikzlibrary{angles,quotes} % for pic \tikzset{>=latex} % for LaTeX arrow head \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture}[scale=0.5] \def\N{40} \def\vi{14} \def\D{15} \def\g{10} \def\thetaI{65} \def\thetaII{25} \def\ymax{{\vi^2*sin(\thetaI)^2/(2*\g)*1.1}} \def\xmax{\D*1.1} \def\xmin{-1} \def\ymin{-1} \def\tmin{-0.05} \def\tmaxI{(2*\vi*sin(\thetaI)/\g)+0.05} \def\tmaxII{(2*\vi*sin(\thetaII)/\g)+0.05} % beach & rock \draw[very thin,fill=yellow] %north east lines, crosshatch dots (\xmin*2.4,\ymin*0.8) to[out=60,in=180] (0,0) to[out=0,in=120] (-\xmin*0.9,\ymin*0.8); \draw[very thin,fill=black!50!white] %north east lines, crosshatch dots (\D,-0.2) circle (0.2); % axes \draw[thick,->] (\xmin,0) -- (\xmax,0) node[anchor=north] {$x\,[\text{m}]$}; \draw[thick,->] (0,\ymin) -- (0,\ymax) node[anchor=east] {$y\,[\text{m}]$}; % parabola \draw[very thick,black!40!blue,variable=\t,domain=\tmin:\tmaxI,samples=\N] plot ({\vi*cos(\thetaI)*\t},{\vi*sin(\thetaI)*\t-\g*\t^2/2}); \draw[very thick,black!40!blue,variable=\t,domain=\tmin:\tmaxII,samples=\N] plot ({\vi*cos(\thetaII)*\t},{\vi*sin(\thetaII)*\t-\g*\t^2/2}); % vectors \coordinate (O) at (0,0); \coordinate (X) at (1,0); \coordinate (V) at ({\vi*cos(\thetaII)/3},{\vi*sin(\thetaII)/3}); \coordinate (V') at ({\vi*cos(\thetaI)/3}, {\vi*sin(\thetaI)/3}); \draw[->,black!30!red,thick] (O) -- (V); \draw[->,black!30!red,thick] (O) -- (V'); % angles \pic[draw,thick,black!50!red,angle radius=40,angle eccentricity=1.2] {angle = X--O--V}; \pic["\footnotesize$\theta<45^\circ$" right=-4pt,angle radius=40,angle eccentricity=1.2] {angle = X--O--V}; \pic[draw,thick,black!50!red,angle radius=30,angle eccentricity=1.2] {angle = X--O--V'}; \pic["\footnotesize$\theta>45^\circ$" above,angle radius=35,angle eccentricity=1.2] {angle = X--O--V'}; \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}
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