2 Force and Motion Chapter 8 Projectile Motion

Practice 8.2 (p.318) The dog takes 0.441 s to reach its

1 D maximum height.
2 B (c) Time of flight = 2  0.4414 = 0.883 s
3 D 5 Take upwards and the initial horizontal
Consider an object being projected at an initial moving direction of the object as positive.
speed u at an angle , vy / m s1

Consider the vertical direction. 0 t/

s
Let T be the time of flight.
By sy = uyt + ayt 2,

vx / m s1
0 = (u sin )T + gT 2

T= or 0 (rejected)

0 t/
Consider the horizontal direction. s
Range = uxt Take the PE at the object’s initial position as
= (u cos ) zero.
PE / J
= 0 t/
s
 u2

=
6 Take upwards and rightwards as positive.
(a) Consider the horizontal direction.
 R2 =  R1 =  R = 4R ux = = = 9 m s1

4 Take upwards and leftwards as positive. Consider the vertical direction.

(a) Consider the vertical direction. Time to reach the maximum height
By vy = uy + 2aysy,
2 2
= = 2.5 s
0 = (5 sin 60)2 + 2(9.81)sy
By vy = uy + ayt,
sy = 0.9557 m  0.956 m
0 = uy + (9.81)2.5
The maximum height is 0.956 m.
uy = 24.525 m s1
(b) By sy = (uy + vy)t,
u

0.9557 = (5 sin 60 + 0)t 24.525 m s1


t = 0.4414 s  0.441 s
9 m s1

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u =
=
= 26.1 m s1

tan  =

 = 69.8
His initial velocity is 26.1 m s1 towards
the right at 69.8 above the horizontal.
(b) Maximum height
= uyt + ayt 2

= 24.525(2.5) + (9.81)2.52

= 30.7 m

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