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DYNAMICS: PROJECTILE

1. A shell leaves a mortar shell with a muzzle velocity of 500 ft/sec directed upward at 60 degrees with
the horizontal. Determine the resultant velocity 20 sec after firing.

2. A man throws a stone upward at an angle of 30 degrees to the horizontal. The stone lands 70 m
horizontally and 2 m below measured vertically from its point of origin. Determine the time of flight
and the initial velocity of the stone.

3. A pilot wants to drop survey markers at remote locations in the Australian outback. If he flies at a
constant velocity v0 = 40 m/s at altitude h = 30 m and the marker is released at what horizontal d
from the desired impact point should the marker be released?

4. An American football quarterback stands at A. At the instant the quarterback throws the football,
the receiver is at B running at 20 ft/s toward C, where he catches the ball. The ball is thrown at an
angle of 45◦ above the horizontal, and it is thrown and caught at the same height above the ground.
Determine the magnitude of the ball’s initial velocity and the length of time it is in the air.

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