10/4/2017 MasteringPhysics: Assignment 2: Motion in 2-D

ProjectileMotionRankingTask

Sixbaseballthrowsareshownbelow.Ineachcase,theballisthrownwithspeedv atananglefromthehorizontal.Inallcases,
thebaseballisthrownfromthesameheightH abovetheground.Assumeforthebasisoftheserankingsthattheeffectsofair
resistancearenegligible.

PartA
Rankthesethrowsbasedonthemaximumheightreachedbytheball.
Rankfromlargesttosmallest.Torankitemsasequivalent,overlapthem.

Hint1.Solvingtwodimensionalmotionproblems
Akeyinsightinsolvingtwodimensionalmotionproblemsistherealizationthatmotioninthehorizontaldirectionand
motionintheverticaldirectionareindependent.Thismeansthattheposition,velocity,andaccelerationinone
directiondonotinfluencetheposition,velocity,andaccelerationintheotherdirection.

Hint2.Findingvectorcomponents
Givenavectormagnitudev andangle,thexandycomponentsofthevectorcanbedeterminedusingthe
equationsv x = v cos andv y = v sin ,asshowninthefigure.

ANSWER:

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largest

Thecorrectrankingcannotbedetermined.

Correct

PartB
Rankthesethrowsbasedontheamountoftimeittakestheballtohittheground.
Rankfromlargesttosmallest.Torankitemsasequivalent,overlapthem.

Hint1.Howtoapproachtheproblem
Thetimeittakeseachballtohitthegroundisthesumofthetimeittakestoreachitsmaximumheightandthetimeit
takestofallfromitsmaximumheighttotheground.

Hint2.Comparetimestoreachthemaximumheight
Considertwoballsthrownatdifferentspeedsanddifferentanglesfromthesameheight.BallAreachesamaximum
heightofH andballBreachesamaximumheightgreaterthanH .Whichballtakeslongertoreachitsmaximum
height?
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BallAtakeslongertoreachitsmaximumheight.

BallBtakeslongertoreachitsmaximumheight.

Theyreachtheirmaximumheightsinthesameamountoftime.

Itisimpossibletodeterminewithoutknowingtheballs'initialvelocities.

Hint3.Comparetimestofallfromthemaximumheight
Considertwoballsdroppedfromdifferentheights.BallAisdroppedfromheightH andballBisdroppedfroma
heightgreaterthanH .Whichballtakeslongertoreachtheground?
ANSWER:

BallAtakeslonger.

BallBtakeslonger.

Theyfallinthesameamountoftime.

ANSWER:

largest

Thecorrectrankingcannotbedetermined.

Correct

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