Projectile Motion Calculations and Analysis
Projectile Motion Calculations and Analysis
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Where will the dart and the monkey meet if the initial speed of the dart is a.12.0 / ? b)
¿8.0 / ?
=
cos α
1 2
= +
2
2
1
=( there is no( )) + ( )
cos alpha 2 cos alpha
= d tan alpha + d 2
2v cos2
= (tan hwe + )
2v cos2
= 12
(9.8) 3m
2
( )
= (3m(tan
) 42.08 + )
2(12) cos242.08
= 2.14m
=8
(9.8) 3m
2
( )
= (3m(tan
) 4208 + )
2(8) cos242.08
y = 1.45m
c) What will happen if the initial speed of the dart is4.0 / ? Draw the trajectory in each
case.
(9.8) 3m
2
( )
= (3m(tan
) 42.08 + )
2(4) cos242.08
y = -2.29m
What happens is that the initial speed does not allow the dart to cover the3m, and for that the
the dart reaches the ground resulting in a height of-2.29m, that is, below the
soil.
3.24. The firefighters are spraying a jet of water at a burning building, using a
high-pressure hose that gives water a speed of . / upon leaving through the
nozzle. Once it exits the hose, the water moves in a projectile motion.
firefighters adjust the elevation angle from the hose until the water takes .
upon arriving at a building that is at . of distance. Ignore air resistance and assume
that the hose nozzle is at ground level.
=
= cos alpha t
cos α=
45
cos alpha =
( 25 )( 3)
= 53.13°
b) Determine the speed and acceleration of the water at the highest point of its trajectory.
= cos alpha
= (25) cos(53.13 )
= 15
At its peak, the speed in is equal to0So, the speed at the highest point
tall is15
c) At what height above the ground does the water hit the building, and at what speed does it do so?
= 15
= +
(
= (25) sin 53.13+ ) 3s
(-9.8) 2
( )
= -9.41
2 2
=√
(15) + (-9.41)
= 17.7
1 2
= +
2
1 2)
(
= (25) sin 53.13+ ) 3s
(-9.8) 2
(
2
y = 15.9m
3.26. A cannon, located at . from the base of a vertical cliff of . from height, shoots
a shell of15 kgwith an angle of . ° over the horizontal, towards the cliff.
a) What minimum initial velocity must the shell have to clear the top edge of the cliff?
2sine2
=
2g
2g
=√
sin2
2(9.8) 25m
2
( )
=√
sin243
= 35.45
b) The ground at the top of the cliff is flat, with a constant height of25.0 about the
cannon. Under the conditions of paragraph a), at what distance from the edge of the cliff does the shell fall?
sin 2α
=
( )
35.45 sin 243
=
9.8 2
= 108.44m
= +
= −
= 108.44 − 60
= 48.44m
3.28. Imagine that on your first day of work for an appliance manufacturer, you
they ask me to find out what to do with the washing machine's spin cycle to triple it
centripetal acceleration, and you impress your boss by answering immediately. What do you
answer?
It is necessary to determine how the radial acceleration depends on the rotation period T.
The rotation period must be reduced to increase the rotation speed and, therefore,
increase the centripetal acceleration.