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Projectile Motion Calculations Tutorial

This document contains 6 tutorial problems involving projectile motion: 1) Finding the initial velocity of a cannon fired at a 60° angle that strikes a hill 4 seconds later. 2) Calculating the time and velocity of a package dropped from a helicopter at rest and in horizontal motion. 3) Finding the maximum height and range of a projectile launched at an angle above the horizontal. 4) Determining various values for a ball thrown vertically upwards from the top of a building. 5) Computing the maximum altitude, time of flight, and range of a rocket accelerating for 3 seconds then in free fall. 6) Using a graph to find the horizontal speed, maximum height, initial vertical velocity

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Projectile Motion Calculations Tutorial

This document contains 6 tutorial problems involving projectile motion: 1) Finding the initial velocity of a cannon fired at a 60° angle that strikes a hill 4 seconds later. 2) Calculating the time and velocity of a package dropped from a helicopter at rest and in horizontal motion. 3) Finding the maximum height and range of a projectile launched at an angle above the horizontal. 4) Determining various values for a ball thrown vertically upwards from the top of a building. 5) Computing the maximum altitude, time of flight, and range of a rocket accelerating for 3 seconds then in free fall. 6) Using a graph to find the horizontal speed, maximum height, initial vertical velocity

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TUTORIAL 4

1. Cannon is fired upwards at an angle of 60° with muzzle speed of u ms–1. After
4 s it strikes the top of a hill which is 220 m above the point of firing. Find u.

2. A packed is dropped from a helicopter at a height of 45 m above the ground. Neglect


air friction.
a) If the helicopter is at rest, determine the
i. time the package takes to reach the ground
ii. velocity of the package on arrival.
b) If the helicopter moves with a constant horizontal speed of 60 ms–1, determine
i. time the package takes to reach the ground
ii. velocity of the package on arrival
iii. horizontal distance of the package.

3. An object is launched with an initial velocity, u at an angle, θ above the horizontal as


shown in Figure 1. Find the maximum height, h and the maximum horizontal distance
or range, R of the object.

y B

u
h

x Y
R 10m
Figure 1 4m

Figure 2

4. Figure 2 shows a ball with an initial velocity of 10.0 ms–1 is thrown vertically upwards
from the top of a shop building is 10 m, determine the
a) maximum height of the ball above the launching point
b) time taken to reach its maximum point
c) velocity of the ball when it passes point Y
d) velocity just before it hits the ground
e) total time required to reach the ground.

5. A rocket is launched at an angle of 53.0° above the horizontal with an initial speed
of 100 ms–1. The rocket moves 3.00 s along its initial line of motion with an
acceleration of 30.0 ms–2. At this time, the engines fail and the rocket proceeds to
move as a projectile. Find the
a) maximum altitude reached by the rocket
b) total time of flight
c) horizontal range.

6. Figure 3 represents the motion of projectile launched from the ground. The time
interval between images is 1.0 s. Assume negligible air resistance for the motion
shown.

25

20

15
Height (m)
10

0
0 10 20 30 40 50
Distance (m)

Figure 3
a) Calculate the horizontal speed in the diagram above.
b) State the maximum height reached by the projectile.
c) Determine the magnitude of the vertical velocity of the projectile at the launch
point. Assume that the g is 9.81 ms–2.
d) Find the launched angle of the projectile.

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