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1. A golf ball is hit with a velocity of 24.5 m/s at 35.0 degrees above the horizontal. Find
a) the range of the ball, and
Known:
Up will be considered positive and down will be considered negative
a = g = -9.81 m/s2
vi = 24.5 m/s @ 35.0
y=0m
x=?
Solution:
First, determine the horizontal and vertical components of the initial velocity.
v x = vi cos q = (24.5m / s)(cos 35) = 20.0692m / s
viy = vi sin q = (24.5m / s)(sin35) = 14.0526m / s
x = (20.0692m / s)(2.8649s)
x = 59.4963m
2. A player kicks a football from ground level at 27.0 m/s at an angle of 30.0 degrees above
the horizontal. Find
a) its "hang time" (time that the ball is in the air),
Known:
Up will be considered positive and down will be considered negative
a = g = -9.81 m/s2
vi = 27.0 m/s @ 30.0
y=0m
t=?
Solution:
First, determine the horizontal and vertical components of the initial velocity.
v x = vi cos q = (27m / s)(cos 30) = 23.3827m / s
viy = vi sin q = (27m / s)(sin 30) = 13.5m / s
y = viy t + 21 at 2
y = viy t + 21 at 2
y = (13.5m / s)(1.3762s) + 21 (-9.81m / s2 )(1.3762)2
y = 18.5787m - 9.2697m
y = 9.3090m
The ball will reach a maximum height of 9.31 meters.
retrieving her ball from the roof, a girl throws the ball off of the roof with a speed of
3. After
5.6 m/s at an angle of 35 degrees above the horizontal. The ball is thrown from a height of
11 m above the ground. Find
a) the time the ball is in the air,
Known:
Up will be considered positive and down will be considered negative
a = g = -9.81 m/s2
vi = 5.6 m/s @ 35
y = -11 m
x=?
Solution:
First, determine the horizontal and vertical components of the initial velocity.
v x = vi cos q = (5.6m / s)(cos 35) = 4.5873m / s
viy = vi sin q = (5.6m / s)(sin 35) = 3.2120m / s
y = viy t + 21 at 2
t=
=
-b b2 - 4ac
2a
-(-3.2120) (-3.2120)2 - 4(4.905)(-11)
2(4.905)
The ball will travel 8.5 meters away from the base of the building.
maximum height of the ball, and
c) the
Solution:
In this case (because the take-off and landing heights are not the same) the
maximum height will not occur at the half-way time. We do however, know that
the maximum height occurs when vy = 0 m/s.
Find the distance when vy = 0 m/s
2
v fy = viy + 2ay
(0m / s)2 = (3.2120m / s)2 + 2(-9.81m / s2 )y
0 = 10.3169m2 / s2 - (19.62m / s2 )y
10.3169m2 / s2
19.62m / s2
y = 0.5258m
y=
This gives us the distance above the starting point. But since the starting point
is 11 meters off the ground we also need to take that into account.
The ball reaches a maximum height of 11.5 meters above the ground.
v f = v fx + v fy
v f = 21.0433m2 / s2 + 226.1264m2 / s2
2
v f = 247.1697m2 / s2
v f = 247.1697m2 / s2
v f = 15.7216m / s