i am working on a game for school. It is like tanks where you shoot at a target across the screen and blow the target up. The only problem is that the physics equations that i have tried dont work right. i wanted to see if anybody had equations that could be used to position the ball every step of the way across the screen. i have used some from my physics textbook but the ball moves like an inch and stops. it doesn't do anything after that.

I'm afraid you'll need to be more specific. What "equation" are you using now, and how exactly are you implementing it in code?

If I had to guess what was happening I'd say you aren't taking into consideration the fact that the time variable is continuously changing each frame. The equations in your physics book typically solve for a particle's position at a certain, known, time. In a game or simulation, typically only the time since the last frame is kept. So, you will start with a certain initial x and y position, an initial velocity, and an initial angle. Then, each frame you'll find the particle's new position using the delta time (time since the last frame), the particle's current position, and it's current velocity (which should be changing due to acceleration from gravity). TheAdmiral's post covers most of what you need to do.