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Chapter 11, Solution 113.

Given: v0 = 86 m/s, x A = 0, y A = 0, xB = 104 m, yB = 0

x
Horizontal motion: x = ( v0 sin α ) t or t= (1)
v0 sin α

Vertical motion: v y = v0 cos α − gt

1 2 ( v0 cos α ) x gx 2
y = ( v0 cos α ) t − gt = −
v0 sin α
( )
2
2 2 v0 sin 2 α

At point B, yB = 0 =
( v0 cosα ) xB −
gxB2
v0 sin α 2v02 sin 2 α

gxB
(a) 2sin α cos α = = sin 2α
v02

sin 2α =
( 9.81)(104 ) = 0.13794 2α = 7.93°
(86 )
2

α = 3.96° !

At maximum height, v y = v0 cos α − gt = 0

v0 cos α 86 cos 3.96°

t= = = 8.746 s
g 9.81
1
(b) Then, ymax = ( 86cos 3.96° )( 8.746 ) − ( 9.81)(8.746 )2 ymax = 375 m !
2
xB 104
(c) From equation (1), tB = = t B = 17.51 s !
v0 sin α ( 86 )( sin 3.96° )

Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics and Dynamics, 8/e, Ferdinand P. Beer, E. Russell Johnston, Jr.,
Elliot R. Eisenberg, William E. Clausen, David Mazurek, Phillip J. Cornwell
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