Physics: Mechanics

Kinematics: 2-D Motion

Projectile Motion
1. A ball thrown upward at an angle of 30° to the horizontal lands on the top edge of a
building 20 m away. The top edge is 5m above the throwing point. The ball was thrown
with a speed of
(a) 40 m/s (b) 10 m/s (c) 20 m/s (d) 30 m/s
2. A river is flowing from west to east at a speed of 5 m/min. A man on the south bank of
the river capable of swimming at 10m/min in still water wants to swim across the river in
shortest possible time. In what direction should he swim?
(a) due north (b) at an angle 30° west of south
(c) at an angle 30° east of north (d) at 60° west of north
3. A particle is thrown with a speed u at an angle  with the horizontal. When the particle
makes an angle  with the horizontal, its speed changes to v .
(a) v  u cos  (b) v  u cos  cos 
(c) v  u cos  sec  (d) v  u sec  cos 
4. An aluminum ball X and an iron ball Y of the same volume are thrown horizontally with
the same velocity from the top of a building. Neglecting air resistance, X reaches the
ground
(a) before Y and at the same distance from the building
(b) at the same time as Y and at a near distance from the building
(c) at the same time as Y and at a same distance from the building
(d) at the same time as Y and at a farther distance from the building
1 2
5. The equation of projectile is y  3 x  gx . The velocity of projection is
2
(a) 1 m/s (b) 2 m/s (c) 3 m/s (d) 4 m/s
2
x
6. A particle moves along the positive branch of the curve y  with x governed by
2
1 2
x t where x and y are measured in metre and t in second. At t = 2s, the velocity of
2
the particle is
 
(a) 2 iˆ  4ˆj ms 1    
(b) 2 iˆ  4ˆj ms 1 (c) 4 iˆ  2ˆj ms 1  
(d) 4 iˆ  2ˆj ms 1
7. Two particles are projected simultaneously in the same vertical plane from the same
point, with different speeds u1 and u2, making angles 1 and  2 respectively with the
horizontal, such that u1 cos 1  u2 cos  2 . The path followed by one, as seen by the other
(as long as both are in flight), is
(a) a horizontal straight line (b) a vertical straight line
(c) a parabola
(d) a straight line making an angle 1   2 with the horizontal.
8. An airplane is flying in a horizontal direction with a velocity of 600 km/h and at a height
of 1960 m. When it is vertically above the point A on the ground, a body is dropped from
it. The body strikes the ground at point B. The distance AB will be

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(a) km (b) 10 km (c) km (d) km
3 3 3
9. To a man walking at the rate of 3 km/h the rain appears to fall vertically. When he
increases his speed to 6 km/h it appears to meet him at an angle of 45° with vertical
from the front. The actual speed of rain is
(a) 3 km/hr (b) 4 km/hr (c) 3 2 km /h (d) 2 3 km/hr
10. A ball rolls from the top of a stair way with a horizontal velocity u. If the steps are h high
and b wide, the ball will hit the edge of the nth step if
2 2 2
2uh 2u h 2u h u h
(a) n  (b) n  (c) n  (d) n 
gb
2
gb
2
gb gb
2

11. A airplane flying at a constant velocity releases bomb. As the bomb drops away from the
airplane
(a) it will always be vertically below the airplane
(b) it will always be vertically below the airplane only if the airplane was flying
horizontally
(c) it will always be vertically below the airplane only if the airplane was flying at an
angle of 45° to the horizontal
(d) it will gradually fall behind the airplane if the airplane was flying horizontally

Answers
1. (c) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (c) 5. (b)
6. (b) 7. (b) 8. (a) 9. (c) 10. (b)
11. (a)

2-D Motion: Projectile Motion

1. A ball is projected upward with velocity 20 2 ms1 at an angle 45 to the ground. If
origin is assumed at the point of projection, then
(a) determine the position and velocity of the ball at t  1 s, 2s, 3s and 4s .
(b) determine the equation of trajectory of the ball.
2. A ball is projected horizontally with speed 20 ms1 from the top of a u

tower of height H . If the ball takes 2s to reach the ground then, H

calculate
(a) the value of H d
(b) at what angle with the horizontal it strikes the ground.
(c) the horizontal distance d where the ball strikes the ground.
3. If at the highest point the kinetic energy of a particle is 75% of initial kinetic energy, then
what is the angle of projection?
4. A ball is thrown with speed u at an angle  from horizontal. Determine the velocity of
ball at the instant when it makes an angle  with the horizontal.
3
5. If the equation of trajectory of a projectile is y  x  x , then find (a) the angle of
2

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projection (b) range, R (c) height, H

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6. For the projectile shown in figure, determine the relation

between angle of projection  and the angle of elevation  . H
 

7. A projectile fired from A passes through the other corners of B

the triangle as shown in figure. If  be the angle of

projection, then show that
tan   tan   tan    
A C
8. Two projectiles fired with same speed at two different angles of projection have equal
range. If the heights of projectile in the two cases are 36 m and 25 m, respectively, then
find the horizontal range of the projectile.

Answers
x2
1. (a) (20, 15); (40, 20); (60, 15); (80, 0) ; (b) y  x 
80
2. (a) H  20 m (b) 45 (c) 40 m
3. 30
u cos 
4. v 
cos 
3 9
5. (a)   37 (b) R (c) H
4 64
tan 
6. tan  
2
8. R  120 m

Fill in the Blanks.

1. A particle is thrown from the ground with speed u at angle  from the ground. The velocity of


particle at 15m height is v  20iˆ  10 ˆj m/s. 
(a) The speed of projection u from ground is ___________ m/s.
(b) Angle of projectile with ground is ___________.
(c) Maximum height from the ground is ___________ m.
(d) Horizontal range on the ground is __________m.
2. Initially at time t  0 , particle A is at the position (1, 2)m and particle B is at position (5,5)m.
 
The velocity of B is 2iˆ  4 ˆj ms1 and that of particle A is 2 v at 45  with x -axis. If A
collides with B , then
(a) Value of v is _________ m/s.
(b) Time when A will collide with B is __________ second.

Answers
1. (a) 20 2 (b) 45  (c) 20 (d) 80
2. (a) 10 (b) 0.5

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