KINEMATICS – I Rg.

2019 - 2021

Solved example

Illustration 32. From top of cliff 75 m high, a body is projected with 20 m/s velocity at angle 300
with horizontal in upward inclined direction Determine time of flight, horizontal
range covered & velocity with which it strikes the ground (g = 10 m/s 2 )
Solution:
y
20
10 300 x
10 3
75 m

For vertical motion

1
–75 =10 t  ×10× t 2 t = 5s or t = –3s  time of flight = 5s
2
Horizontal range R =10 3×5 = 50 3 m
v x = 10 3, v y = 10  10×5
  40
 Velocity of striking ground = v x ˆi + v y j = 10 3 ˆi  40 j

In chapter Exercise

-23. A body is thrown horizontally from the top of a tower & strikes the ground after 3 seconds at angle
of 450 with horizontal. Find the height of tower & the speed with which the body was projected
(g = 9.8 m/s 2 )
24. A bomb is dropped from an aeroplane when it is directly above a target at height of 1000 m. The
aeroplane is moving horizontally with a speed of 500 km/hr . By how much distance will the bomb
miss the target ( g  9.8 m / s 2 )
-25. A body is projected horizontally from the top of a cliff with velocity of 9.8 m/s . Find time elapsed
before the magnitudes of horizontal & vertical components of the velocities of the body become
equal. (g = 9.8 m/s 2 )
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26. A body is projected from the ground with velocity of 30 m/s , making an angle 30 0 with the vertical.
Find maximum height attained, time of flight & horizontal range covered by the body. (g = 9.8 m/s 2 )

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27. A cricketer can throw a ball to a maximum horizontal distance of 100 m. How high above the ground
can the cricketer throw the same ball, assuming the speed of projection of the ball to be the same in
both the cases.  g  10m / s 2 

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28. The ceiling of a long hall is 25 m high. What is the horizontal distance that a ball thrown from a
point on the ground with a speed of 40 m/s will cover, given that the ball just scraps the ceiling.
(g = 9.8 m/s 2 )

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29. A bullet fired from a point on horizontal ground at angle 300 with the horizontal hits the ground
3 km away. By adjusting the angle of projection, can one hope to hit a target 5 km away

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30. A projectile fired from horizontal ground has a range of 50 m & reaches a maximum height of 10m.
Calculate the angle with the horizontal, at which the projectile is fired.  g  10m / s 2 

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31. A ball is projected from a point on the horizontal ground at horizontal distance of 39.2 m from the
foot of a building. When it is at the highest point of its trajectory, it passes through a window of the
building, which is at a vertical height of 19.6 m above ground. Calculate the speed of projection
(g = 9.8 m/s 2 )

~32. A ball is thrown at angle  with the horizontal & another ball is thrown at an angle (90 –  ) with
the horizontal from the same point on horizontal ground with the same speed of 39.2 m/s. The
second ball attains a maximum height of 50m more as compared to the maximum height attained by
the first ball. Find the maximum height, attained by each of the ball. (g = 9.8 m/s 2 )

33. Show that there are two angles of projection for which horizontal range is same for a projectile fired
- from horizontal ground. Also show that the sum of the maximum heights attained by the projectile
when fired at the two angles is independent of the angle of projection.

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34. A ball is kicked from horizontal ground at an angle 30 0 with vertical. If the horizontal component of
velocity is 19.6 m/s, find the maximum height attained and the horizontal range covered by the ball.
 g = 9.8m/s2 
35. A fighter plane flying horizontally at an altitude of 1.5 km with a speed of 720km/hr passes directly
overhead an anti – aircraft gun. The gun fires a shell with muzzle speed of 600 m/s at a certain angle
with the horizontal at the instant the plane is vertically above the gun. If the shell hits the plane, find
angle made by the shell with the horizontal, at the instant it was fired. Find the minimum altitude at
which pilot should fly the plane to avoid being hit, if the shell was fired with the same speed & at the
same angle as before.

36. A bomber, flying upwards at angle 530 with vertical, releases a bomb at 800m altitude. The bomb
strikes the ground 20 s after its release. Find
(i)Velocity of bomber at time of release of bomb
(ii) Maximum height attained by bomb.
(iii) Horizontal distance covered by the bomb before it strikes the ground .
(iv) Velocity of the bomb when it strikes the ground. (g =10 m/s2 )

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37. A particle of mass 100 g is fired from a point on horizontal ground with a speed of 20m/s making
angle 300 with horizontal. Find the magnitude of change in momentum of the particle between the
highest point of its trajectory and the point of projection.

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38. A body of mass m is projected with velocity v at angle of 450 with the horizontal on a horizontal
plane. Find the magnitude of change in momentum between the point of projection and the point
where the body strikes the ground.

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39. In the above problem, find the change in kinetic energy between the point of projection and the point
where the body strikes the ground.

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40. For a projectile launched from a point on horizontal ground, the speed when it is at the greatest
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height is times the speed when it is at half of its greatest height. Determine the angle of
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projection.

ANSWER KEY

23. 44.1m, 29.4 m/s 24. 1984.13 m 25. 1s

26. 34.44 m, 5.3s, 79.53 m 27. 50 m 28. 150. 7 m
29. No, maximum range is 2 3 km

30. tan -1 (0.8) 31. 19.6 2 m/s . 32. 14.2 m, 64.2 m

1
34. 58.8 m, 135.8 m 35. cos-1   , 16 km
 3
36. (i) 100 m/s (ii) 980 m (iii) 1600 m (iv) Vx = 80 m/s, Vy =140 m/s)
37. 1kg.m/s 38. (mv 2 ) 39. 0 40. 600

Relative Velocity

Let two particles A & B be placed at two points as shown in the figure. The position vectors of the
 
particles with respect to the inertial reference frame are rA & rB respectively. The relative separation
  
between the particles is given by rBA =rB – rA . Differentiating both sides w.r.t. time, we obtain.
  
drBA dr drA   
= B –  v BA = v B – v A
dt dt dt
 
rBA is the position of B with respect to A & vBA is the velocity of B relative to A.

 Consider 2 cars A and B moving along same line in the same direction with constant velocity
VA =10 m/s and VB = 4 m/s

VA =10m/s VB = 4 m/s

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
i
 A B

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