\\ {{ latex:balconydrop.png ? 1500 }} \\ \documentclass[border=3pt,tikz]{standalone} \usepackage{amsmath,amssymb} \usepackage{bm} % math bold \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{patterns} \tikzset{>=latex} \begin{document} % EXERCISE 1 setup without axes \def\setup{ \def\N{20} \def\depth{0.25} \def\h{6} % height balcony \def\w{2} % width ground \def\wb{\depth*3} % width balcony \def\xland{(\w-\wb*0.8)} % x component of landing position \def\xmin{-\depth*3} \def\xmax{\w+\depth*3.0} \def\ymin{-\depth*3} \def\ymax{\h*1.2} \def\tmin{0} \def\tmax{\xland} \def\a{-4.0} % parabola amplitude \def\c{(\xland-\h/\xland/\a)} % parabola parameter % ground, wall, balcony \draw[draw=none,pattern color=black!70!white,pattern=north east lines] (0,0) -- (0,-\depth) -- (\w+\depth,-\depth) -- (\w+\depth,\h*1.1) -- (\w,\h*1.1) -- (\w,0) -- cycle; \draw[thick,black!70!white] (0,0) -- (\w,0) -- (\w,\h*1.1); \draw[thick,black!70!white,pattern color=black!70!white,pattern=north east lines] (\w-\wb,\h-\depth*4) rectangle (\w,\h); % parabola \draw[very thick,black!40!blue,variable=\t,domain=0:\tmax,samples=\N,smooth] plot (\t,{\a*\t*(\t-\c)}); } % EXERCISE 1 setup with axes \begin{tikzpicture}[scale=0.8] \setup % axes \draw[thick,->] (\xmin,0) -- (\xmax,0) node[anchor=north] {$x\,[\text{m}]$}; \draw[thick,->] (0,\ymin) -- (0,\ymax) node[anchor=north east] {$y\,[\text{m}]$}; \fill (0,0) circle[radius=2.5pt] node[below left=-1pt] {0}; \draw[thick] (+\depth/2,\h) -- (-\depth/2,\h) node[left] {$h$}; \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}