PROJECTILE MOTION

1. A body is projected with a speed of u at an angle of θ to the horizontal to have maximum range.
What is the velocity at the highest point?
2. Is the maximum height attained by the projectile is largest when its horizontal range is maximum?
3. A body is projected at an angle of 450 with a velocity of 9.8m/s. What will be its horizontal range?
4. What is the angle of projection for a projectile motion whose range R is in n times the maximum
height H?
5. The greatest height to which a man can throw a stone is h. What will be the greatest distance up to
which he can throw the stone?
6. What is maximum vertical height to which a cricketer can throw a ball if he can throw it to a
maximum horizontal distance 160m?
7. What will be the effect on maximum height of a projectile when its angle of projection is changed
from 300 to 600, keeping the same initial velocity of projection?
8. The range of projectile when launched at an angle of 150 to the horizontal is 1.5km. What is the
range of projectile when launched at an angle of 450 to the horizontal?
9. The maximum range of a projectile is times its actual range. What is the angle of projection for
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actual range?
10. A man can jump on the moon six times as high as on the earth. Why?
11. A football player kicks a ball at an angle of 30 0 with an initial speed of 20m/s. Assuming that the
ball travels in a vertical plane, calculate (a) The time at which the ball reaches at the highest point.
(b) The maximum height reached. (c) The horizontal range of the ball. (d) The time for which the
ball is in the air. (g=10m/s2)
12. Find the angle of projection at which the horizontal range and maximum height are equal.
13. A body is projected with a velocity 40m/s. After two seconds, it crosses a vertical pole of height
20.4m. Find the angle of projection and horizontal range. (=9.8m/s 2 )
14. Find the minimum velocity with which the horizontal range is 39.2 m.
15. A particle is projected from ground with an initial velocity 20m/s at an angle of 30 0 with
horizontal. What is the magnitude of change in velocity in 0.5 second?
16. Two particles are projected from the ground simultaneously with speeds 30m/s and 20m/s at angle
600 and 300 with the horizontal in the same direction. Find maximum distance between them on
ground where they strike.
17. A projectile has the same range R when the maximum height attained by it is either H 1 or H2. Find
the relation between R,H1 and H2.
18. A ball is kicked at an angle 300 with the vertical. If the horizontal component of its velocity is
19.6m/s, find the maximum height and horizontal range.
19. If R is the horizontal range for θ inclination and h is the maximum height reached by the projectile,
show that the maximum range is given by + 2h.
20. A projectile can have the same range R for two angles of projection. If t 1 and t2 be the time of
flight in the two cases, then prove that t 1t2 =