Small problem, moving towards a point

Math and Physics Programming

Started by seregrail7 April 24, 2007 03:34 PM

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April 24, 2007 03:34 PM

If I want to move an object from point 0,0 in the direction of point 100,400 how would I calculate the velocities for x and y?

Palidine

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April 24, 2007 03:44 PM

Well. the direction vector is just P2 - P1. Normalize that and then scale it by the speed of the object. The resultant values of X and Y in that vector are your X and Y velocities.

read this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_(spatial)

-me

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