Test on projectile motion(marks:34)

1 A ball is thrown from a point P, which is at ground level, as illustrated in Fig. 1.1.

Fig. 1.1
The initial velocity of the ball is 12.4 m s–1 at an angle of 36° to the horizontal.
The ball just passes over a wall of height h. The ball reaches the wall 0.17 s after it has
been thrown.

(a) Assuming air resistance to be negligible, calculate

(i) the horizontal distance of point P from the wall,

(2)
(ii) the height h of the wall.

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(b) A second ball is thrown from point P with the same velocity as the ball in (a). For
this ball, air resistance is not negligible.
This ball hits the wall and rebounds.
On Fig. 2.1, sketch the path of this ball between point P and the point where it first
hits the ground.
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Total marks 6

2 A ball is thrown against a vertical wall. The path of the ball is shown in Fig. 2.1.

Fig. 2.1 (not to scale)

The ball is thrown from S with an initial velocity of 15.0 m s–1 at 60.0° to the horizontal.
Assume that air resistance is negligible.
(a) For the ball at S, calculate

(i) its horizontal component of velocity,

(1)

(ii) its vertical component of velocity.

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 (b) The horizontal distance from S to the wall is 9.95 m. The ball hits the wall at P with a
velocity that is at right angles to the wall. The ball rebounds to a point F that is 6.15 m
from the wall. Using your answers in (a),

(i) calculate the vertical height gained by the ball when it travels from S to P,

(1)

(ii) show that the time taken for the ball to travel from S to P is 1.33 s,

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(iii) show that the velocity of the ball immediately after rebounding from the wall is
about 4.6 m s–1.

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(c) The mass of the ball is 60 × 10–3 kg.

(i) Calculate the change in momentum of the ball as it rebounds from the wall.

(2)

(ii) State and explain whether the collision is elastic or inelastic.

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(Total marks 8)

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1. Linear motion

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At a sports event, a skier descends a slope AB. At B there is a dip BC of width 12 m.
The slope and dip are shown in the diagram below. The vertical height of the slope is
41 m.

A
(not to scale)

slope
41m

B C D
1.8m

dip 12m

The graph below shows the variation with time t of the speed v down the slope of
the skier.

25.0

20.0

15.0
–1
v / ms
10.0

5.0

0.0
0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0
t/s

The skier, of mass 72 kg, takes 8.0 s to ski, from rest, down the length AB of the slope.

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(a) Use the graph to

(i) calculate the kinetic energy EK of the skier at point B.

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(ii) determine the length of the slope.

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(b) (i) Calculate the change EP in the gravitational potential energy of the
skier between point A and point B.

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(ii) Use your answers to (a) and (b)(i) to determine the average retarding
force on the skier between point A and point B.

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 (iii) Suggest two causes of the retarding force calculated in (ii).

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(c) At point B of the slope, the skier leaves the ground. He “flies” across the dip
and lands on the lower side at point D. The lower side C of the dip is 1.8 m
below the upper side B.

Determine the distance CD of the point D from the edge C of the dip. Air
resistance may be assumed to be negligible.

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(d) The lower side of the dip is altered so that it is inclined to the horizontal, as
shown below.

B C D
slope
1.8m

dip
12m

(i) State the effect of this change on the landing position D.

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(ii) Suggest the effect of this change on the impact felt by the skier on
landing.

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(Total 20 marks)

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