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Motion-Rectangular-Components-and-Projectile-Motion

1. At any instant the horizontal position of the weather balloon is defined by x = (9t)m, where t is
in seconds. If the equation of the path is y = x 2/30, determine the distance of the balloon from
the station at A, the magnitude and direction of both the velocity and acceleration when t = 2s.

2. The motion of box B is defined by the position vector r =(0.5 sin ( 2 t ) i+0.5 cos ( 2 t ) j−0.2 t k )m,
where t is in seconds and the arguments for sine and cosine are in radians πrad=180 0. Determine
the location of the box when t = 0.75s and the magnitude of its velocity and the acceleration at
this instant.

3. A sack slides off the ramp with a horizontal velocity of 12m/s. If the height of the ramp is 6m
from the floor, determine the time needed for the sack to strike the floor and the range R where
the sacks begin to pile up.

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4. The chipping machine is designed to eject wood at chips v 0=7.5 . If the tube is oriented at
s
30o from the horizontal, determine how high, h, the chips strike the pile if they land on the pile
6m from the tube.
5. The track for this racing event was designed so that the riders jump off the slop at 30 o, from a
height of 1m. During the race, it was observed that the rider remained in mid air for 1.5s.
Determine the speed at which he was traveling off the slop, the horizontal distance he travels
before striking the ground, and the maximum height he attains. Neglect the size of the bike and
rider.

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6. A rocket follows a path given by (distances in km): y=x −
x . If the horizontal velocity is given
90
by V ( x )=x , find the magnitude and direction of the velocity when the rocket hits the ground
(assume level terrain) if time is in minutes.

7. A particle moves along the path y=x 2 + 4 x+ 2 where units are in centimeters. If the horizontal
velocity v x id constant at 3cm/s, find the magnitude and direction of the velocity of the particle at
the point (−1 ,−1 ) .

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8. If the position of a particle is defined by r =[ ( 1.5 t 2 +1 ) ⅈ + ( 4 t−1 ) j ] m , its speed at t = 1s is?

9. The position of a particle is given as r =( 4 t 2 ⅈ−2tj ) m. Determine the particle’s acceleration.

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10. A pitcher throws a baseball horizontally with a speed of 90mph from a height of 6ft. If the
batter is 60ft away, determine the time needed for the ball to arrive at the height H at which it
passes the batter.

11. Consider the following projectile motion of the ball shown in the figure. The initial velocity of
the ball is vo = 30m/s and it is thrown at an angle θ=400 above the horizontal. Find the maximum
height H, the time it takes the particle to reach point C, and the total horizontal range L that the
particle travels.

12. A projectile is launched with an initial velocity of 100m/s at an angle of θ=450 with respect to
an inclined hill. If the hill makes an angle of ϕ=300 with respect to the horizontal, how far down
the hill D does the projectile land?

13. A dishing boat wishes to reach the other side of a briskly flowing river. The boat attempts to
travel straight across the river, but the strength of the current pushes the boat downstream
during the crossing as a result o the rivers current, the velocity of the boat has components in
the y- as well as the x-direction. If the velocity of the boat relative to the shore is a constant
V b =( 5 ⅈ−2 j ) m/s and the river is 100m wide, what is the distance d that the boat is pushed
downstream during its crossing?
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14. A projectile is fired form the edge of a 150m cliff with an initial velocity of 180m/s at an angle
of 30o with the horizontal. Neglecting air resistance, find (a) the horizontal distance from the gun
to the point where the projectile strikes the ground, and (b) the greatest elevation about the
ground reached by the projectile.

15. The curvilinear motion of a particle is defined by v x =50−16 t and y=100−4 t 2 ,where v x is in
meters per second, y is in meters, and t is in seconds. It is also known that x = 0 when t = 0.
Determine the velocity and acceleration of the particle when the position y = 0 is reached.

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%20%26%20Horticulture/Physics/Ch12%20-%203%20-%20CurvilinearMotion.pdf

16. The path of a particle is defined by y=0.5 x 2. if the component of its velocity along the x-axis
at x=2 m is V x =1 m/ s, its velocity component along the y-axis at this position is?

17. If a particle has moved from A to B along the circular path in 4s, what is the average velocity
of the particle?

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18. The racing car shown in the figure is traveling at 90km/h when it enters the semicircular
curve at A. The driver increases the speed at a uniform rate, emerging from the curve at C at
144km/h. Determine the magnitude of the acceleration when the car is at B.

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19. An object is launched at a velocity of 20 m/s in a direction making an angle of 25° upward
with the horizontal.
a) What is the maximum height reached by the object?
b) What is the total flight time (between launch and touching the ground) of the object?
c) What is the horizontal range (maximum x above ground) of the object?
d) What is the magnitude of the velocity of the object just before it hits the ground?

20. A projectile is launched from point O at an angle of 22° with an initial velocity of 15 m/s up an
incline plane that makes an angle of 10° with the horizontal. The projectile hits the incline plane
at point M.
a) Find the time it takes for the projectile to hit the incline plane.
b) Find the distance OM.

21. A projectile is to be launched at an angle of 30° so that it falls beyond the pond of length 20
meters as shown in the figure. What is the range of values of the initial velocity so that the
projectile falls between points M and N?

22. A ball is kicked at an angle of 35° with the ground.

a) What should be the initial velocity of the ball so that it hits a target that is 30 meters away at
a height of 1.8 meters?
b) What is the time for the ball to reach the target?
23. A ball kicked from ground level at an initial velocity of 60 m/s and an angle θ with ground
reaches a horizontal distance of 200 meters.
a) What is the size of angle θ?
b) What is time of flight of the ball?

24. A ball of 600 grams is kicked at an angle of 35° with the ground with an initial velocity V0.
a) What is the initial velocity V0 of the ball if its kinetic energy is 22 Joules when its height is
maximum?
b) What is the maximum height reached by the ball?

25. A projectile starting from ground hits a target on the ground located at a distance of 1000
meters after 40 seconds.
a) What is the size of the angle θ?
b) At what initial velocity was the projectile launched?

26. The trajectory of a projectile launched from ground is given by the equation y = -0.025 x2 +
0.5 x, where x and y are the coordinate of the projectile on a rectangular system of axes. Find the
initial velocity and the angle at which the projectile is launched.

27. Two balls A and B of masses 100 grams and 300 grams respectively are pushed horizontally
from a table of height 3 meters. Ball has is pushed so that its initial velocity is 10 m/s and ball B
is pushed so that its initial velocity is 15 m/s.
a) Find the time it takes each ball to hit the ground.
b) What is the difference in the distance between the points of impact of the two balls on the
ground?

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28. Bugs Bunny is being chased by Elmer Fudd on top of a 10-meter cliff. Bugs's rabbit hole is
some distance away from the bottom of the cliff. If he is running at 15 m/s find (a) the time to it
takes Bugs to hit the ground, (b) how far away his rabbit hole is.

29. Cats are great pets, but they can be jerks sometimes. Your cat likes to sit on top of your 75
cm coffee table and slide objects onto the floor with their paw for "fun". If the object leaves the
table- top moving horizontally, and it lands 10 cm away from the base of the table, how fast was
it going when it left the table?
30. Wile E. Coyote is on top of a cliff with a giant boulder, and see's Road Runner below. Looking
down over the edge Wile E. Coyote estimates it'll take 4.5 seconds for the boulder to reach the
bottom. If he pushes the boulder horizontally at 2.5 m/s off the edge of the cliff, calculate the
height of the cliff and how far from the edge of the cliff the boulder will land.

31. A golf ball is hit with a velocity of 45.0 m/s at an angle of 30°. Determine (a) the flight time of
the ball, (b) the distance (range) the ball travels before landing, (c) the maximum height reached
by the ball.

32. A football is kicked to start the game. If the ball is in the air for 4.5 seconds before landing
traveled a horizontal distance of 55 meters, and achieved a maximum height of 25 meters find
the initial velocity of the football as it left the tee.

33. It's the middle of summer and you and some friends decide to cool off, so you grab your
handy-dandy water balloon slingshot. If you can launch a water balloon and it achieves a
maximum height of 20 meters, and travels a horizontal distance of 30 meters, find (a) the flight
time of the and (b) the initial velocity of the balloon.

34. A baseball is hit with a velocity of 45.0 m/s at an angle of 30°. Determine if the hit is a
homerun. The fence is 2.5 meters high and is located 180 meters from the batter.

35. If a boy throws a baseball 32 m/s horizontally from 1.00 meter above the ground how long
will it take the ball to reach the ground? How far away from the boy will it land?