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    Name:______________________________ Band:______________ H. W # 13

    Projectile Motion additional Problems with answers

    1. A golfer practicing on a range with an elevated tee 4.9 m above the fairway is able to
    strike a ball so that it leaves the club with a horizontal velocity of 20 m s–1. (Assume the
    acceleration due to gravity is 9.81m s–2, and the effects of air resistance may be ignored
    unless otherwise stated.)

    a How long after the ball leaves the club will it land on the fairway?

    b What horizontal distance will the ball travel before striking the fairway?

    c What is the acceleration of the ball 0.5 s after being hit?

    d Calculate the speed of the ball 0.80 s after it leaves the club.

    e With what speed will the ball strike the ground?

    II. A bowling ball of mass 7.5 kg travelling at 10 m s–1 rolls off a horizontal table 1.0 m
    high. (Assume the acceleration due to gravity is 9.80 m s–2, and the effects of air
    resistance may be ignored unless otherwise stated.)
    a Calculate the ball’s horizontal velocity just as it strikes the floor.

    b What is the vertical velocity of the ball as it strikes the floor?

    c Calculate the velocity of the ball as it reaches the floor.

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    d What time interval has elapsed between the ball leaving the table and striking the
    floor?

    e Calculate the horizontal distance travelled by the ball as it falls.

    3. A senior physics class conducting a research project on projectile motion constructs a


    device that can launch a cricket ball. The launching device is designed so that the ball can be
    launched at ground

    level with an initial velocity of 28 m s–1 at an angle of 30° to the horizontal.

    I. Calculate the horizontal component of the velocity of the ball:


    a initially b. after 1.0 s c. after 2.0 s.

    II. Calculate the vertical component of the velocity of the ball:


    a. initially b. after 1.0 s

    III. a At what time will the ball reach its maximum height?

    b. What is the maximum height that is achieved by the ball?

    c. What is the acceleration of the ball at its maximum height?

    IV. a At which point in its flight will the ball experience its minimum speed? Why.

    b What is the minimum speed of the ball during its flight?

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    c. At what time does this minimum speed occur?

    V. a At what time after being launched will the ball return to the ground?

    b What is the velocity of the ball as it strikes the ground?

    c Calculate the horizontal range of the ball

    VI.
    a At what time after being launched will the ball return to the ground?

    b What is the velocity of the ball as it strikes the ground?

    c Calculate the horizontal range of the ball.

    If the effects of air resistance were taken into account, which one of the following
    statements would be correct?

    A The ball would have travelled a greater horizontal distance before striking the ground.

    B The ball would have reached a greater maximum height.

    C The ball’s horizontal velocity would have been continually decreasing.

    Solutions:

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    1. a x = ut + 0.5at2
    then 4.9 m = 0 + 0.5(9.8 m s–2)t2
    and t = 1.0 s
    b x = (average speed)(time) = (20 m s–1)(1.0 s) = 20 m
    c The acceleration of the ball is constant at any time during its flight, and is equal to the
    acceleration due to gravity
    = 9.8 m s–2 down
    d After 0.80 s, the ball has two components of velocity:
    vx = 20 m s–1
    and vy = 0 + (9.8 m s–2)(0.80 s) = 7.84 m s–1
    The speed of the ball at 0.80 s is given by:
    [(20 m s–1)2 + (7.84 m s–1)2]½ = 21.5 m s–1
    e The ball will strike the ground 1.0 s after it is struck.
    Then vx = 20 m s–1
    and vy = 0 + (9.8 m s–2)(1.0 s) = 9.8 m s–1
    The speed of the ball at 1.0 s is given by:
    [(20 m s–1)2 + (9.8 m s–1)2] ½ = 22.3 m s–1
    2.
    a The horizontal velocity of the ball remains constant and vx = 10 m s–1.
    b v2 = u2 + 2ax
    and vy2 = 02 + 2(9.8 m s–2)(1.0 m)
    and vy = 4.4 m s–1 down
    c v = [(10 m s–1)2 + (4.43 m s–1)2] ½ = 10.9 m s–1 at 24° to the horizontal,
    where the angle is determined from
    tan θ = 4.43 m s–1/10 m s–1 = 0.443 and θ = 24°
    d x = ut + 0.5at2
    and 1.0 m = 0 + 0.5(9.8 m s–2)t2
    so t = 0.45 s
    e Horizontal distance = (horizontal speed)(time) = (10 m s–1)(0.45 s) = 4.5

    3.
    I .a vx = (28 m s–1) cos 30° = 24.2 m s–1 north and remains constant throughout the flight.
    b 24.2 m s–1 north
    c 24.2 m s–1 north

    II. a vy = (28 m s–1) sin 30° = 14 m s–1 up


    b vy = 14 m s–1 – (9.8 m s–2)(1.0 s) = 4.2 m s–1 up

    III. a The time for the ball to reach its maximum height is determined from v = u + at.
    Then at maximum height, the vertical velocity of the ball = 0
    and 0 = 14 m s–1 – (9.8 m s–2)t
    and t = 1.43 s

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    b v2 = u2 + 2ax
    then 0 = (14 m s–1)2 – (9.8 m s–2)x
    and x = 10 m
    c The acceleration of the ball is constant at any time during its flight, and is equal to the
    acceleration due to gravity = 9.8 m s–2 down.

    IV.
    a The minimum speed will occur when the vertical components of the ball’s velocity =
    0, i.e. at the maximum height.
    b The minimum velocity of the ball during its flight occurs at the maximum height, and
    is equal to the horizontal component of the ball’s velocity = 24.2 m s–1 horizontally.
    c The minimum speed of the ball during its flight occurs at the maximum height at t = 1.43 s.

    V.
    a The flight of the ball is symmetrical. Therefore the time for it to reach the ground after
    launching = 2(1.43 s) = 2.86 s.
    b The flight of the ball is symmetrical. Therefore the ball will strike the ground at the
    same velocity as that when it was launched: 28 m s–1 at an angle of 30° to the
    horizontal.
    c Horizontal range = (horizontal speed)(time)
    = (24.2 m s–1)(2.86 s) = 69.2 m

    VI. C is the correct answer. Air resistance is a force that would be acting in the opposite
    direction to the horizontal velocity of the ball, thereby producing a horizontal deceleration
    of the ball during its flight.

    Source: http://serdartakimoglu.wikispaces.com/file/view/PROJECTILE+MOTION+-
    +PRACTICE+QUESTIONS.pdf

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