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Erojectile Quadratic Problems Name: ee For our purposes, a “projectile” is any object that is thrown, shot, or dropped. Usually the object is moving straight up or straight down. Check each solu! (). An object is launched at 19.6 meters per second (m/s) from a 58.8-meter tall platform. The equation for the object's height s at time 1 seconds after launch is s(t) = -4.97 + 19.61 + 58.8, where s is in meters. When does the object strike the ground? 3(t) =A FEE WEE A SES HALE Eee) Lk) ~-4. ULF - 12) 62-2 or tele to NAW-wALe He) Sh The oloyect strikes the gyoord a & Is Ber tS Nast) i 2. An object in launched directly upward at 64 feet per second (ft/s) (velocity) from a platform 80 feet/ high. What will be the object's maximum height? When will it attain this height? { oe! 2, ig SLE) = “Wot E44 +8 -\bL4) +6Al2) 450 nae Deyeets Moximum. aed 2 be 22 gee oe 5 HQ anel it WGiey~ 7 = nd t seards ey ds launched, 2b. When will the object hit the ground? @ —We U*-de-5) 5 The eoyect mall hit Hee arene HWebe-S WEF) KI 5 seconds adler dal laorchud c +25 0 €2-! : 3. An object is launched from ground level directly upward at 39.2 m/s (velocity). For how long is the ‘object at or above a height of 34.3 meters? Use #1 to determine the number for gravity. “UAL 429.74 = 84.5 oy oehwen | secone| Check ~U. 942 439. ZE 34.320 re One F seconds. ee z Had FH) 20 : Sse -4.9(k-1 UL-Wz0 “4.444 HEAL -740 14TH. t- bor te SUZ 4, After the semester is over, you discover that the math department has changed textbooks (again) so the bookstore won't buy back your nearly-new book. You and your friend Herman decide to get creative. You go to the roof of a twelve-story building and look over the edge to the reflecting pool 160 feet below. You drop your book over the edge at the same instant that Herman chucks his book straight down at 48 feet per second. By how many seconds does his book beat yours into the water? IGE HEO =O = Ut -48 Heo 20 B1l-Z= Lb seconds “Ap Ut-10) => ~UolEt +t - 10) =O dt-1p = © EttSE-10= 0 4% slo (E49) (€-2) = £3 leosxec 4-0 5, The International Space Agency has finally landed a robotic explorer on an extra-solar planet. Some probes are extended from the lander’s body to conduct various tests. To demonstrate the crushing weight of gravity on this planet, the lander's camera is aimed at a probe's ground-level ejection port, and the port launches a baseball directly upwards at 147 feet per second (ft/s), about the top speed of a professional pitcher. The force due to gravity on this planet is 98 fs. Assuming no winds and that the probe can O scurry out of the way in time, how long will it take for the ball to smack back into the surface? To set up my equation for this exercise, | need to keep in mind that the value of the coefficient "g* (a) from the “projectile motion" equation above is one-half of the value of the force due to gravity. In physics, there is the "universal gravitational constant" G; then every object exerts its own gravitational force, which is related to its own mass and the universal constant G. Inthe projectile motion" formula, the °g Is hal ofthe value ofthe gravitational fore fo that particular body. For instance, the gravitational force on Earth is a downward 32 tls, but we used *16* in the equation. ~YO{l 4 QT=D The Woall will smek book to HALE -BDzo M sifooe % seconds otter Lt-sLeo HR laonched. kLE-3) = 0 420 of £23 6. A rocket is launched from 40 feet high. It's velocity is 112 ft/sec. What is its maximum height? At what time? = 1603-5) +N208.5)440 -(eET4UIZt 440 =O 2 IAAT AHO 4 Bee, 2001) = Coft O 6b. At what point in time/s with the rocket hit 200 feet? t =700 f Check: -\Ubt eNZE 41D (5.200) (6-25 #11Z-5 +40 “lett tilZt Ibo =O (2,200) = -400 +560 +40 -telE* “H to) cama Et HE +IO <0 ~lb-4 4112-24400 a eo } EaWt}-0 ne 7. A firework is launched from a hill 96 feet high. Its initial velocity is 80 f¥/sec. What is the maximum height? At what time? HICK 45 EEA itol2-3)* 480175446 (7.5 see, 4 A) oe = -l00 + 00 # Vo ee = aw)” 73e 7F5 tae 7b. iM what time/s will the rocket hit 192 feet? Check: 21g, “Wea #803 4G Gt? #ott46 =192 — Zod Beeconds “Wo ABO-2HNG 2 iudy doe -1LE2 4BOE = Ue FO C4 Alot Eig tt ~Stt+losO = 142 O -2\E-3)20 7c. When will the rocket hit the ground? Assuming there is no parachute. VUE tHE 19 =O The rocket Lol Wt Lt -5t-6=0 G-chdej=o By gen 2 seams

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