Projectile Motion

Use g = 9.81 m s–2

1. A quarterback throws a football at 15 ms-1 at 40o to the horizontal.

a) What is the maximum height of the ball?
b) What is the range?

2. A rock is thrown horizontally at 10.0 ms-1 off of a 150 m sheer cliff.

What is the range?

3. A girl standing on the top of a roof throws a rock at 30 m/s at an angle of 30 o

below the horizontal. If the roof is 50 m high, how far from the base of the
building will the rock land?

4. A man 50.0 m away from a burning building directs s a stream of water from a
hose at ground level at 40 ms-1 an angle of 30o above the horizontal. If y is the
value of the maximum height at which the water hits the building.Find

a) The initial velocity on the x and y components.

b) The time taken for the water to hit the building
c) The height at which the water strikes the building.

5. Abbigail is standing 48 m away from a fence. She throws a tennis ball is thrown
at 34 ms-1 at an angle of 30o in an attempt to clear a 13m fence.
Determine if the ball clears the fence.
6. An arrow is fired off a cliff at a velocity of 95ms -1

a) How much time does the arrow take to hit the ground?
b) What is the range of the arrow?

7. In a rugby match the ball is kicked at an angle of 30 o above the horizontal with a
velocity of 22ms-1.
a) Calculate the range of the rugby ball.
b) Find the maximum height of the rugby ball.

Answers
1. (4.74 m, 22.6 m)

2. (55.3 m)
3. (52.3 m)