Projectile A is launched horizontally at a speed of 20 meters per second from the top of a cliff and strikes a level surface bel
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Answer:
The minimum average speed the opponent must move so that he is in position to hit the ball is approximately 5.79 m/s
Explanation:
The given parameters of the ball are;
The initial speed of the ball = 15 m/s
The direction in which the ball is launched = 50° above the horizontal
The location of the other tennis player when the ball is launched = 10 m from the ball
The time at which the other tennis player begins to run = 0.3 seconds after the ball is launched
The height at which the ball is hit back = 2.1 m above the height from which the ball is launched
The vertical position, 'y', at time, 't', of a projectile motion is given as follows;
y = (u·sinθ)·t - 1/2·g·t²
When y = 2.1 m, we have;
2.1 = (15·sin(50°))·t - 1/2·9.8·t²
∴ 4.9·t² - (15·sin(50°))·t + 2.1 = 0
Solving with the aid of a graphing calculator function, we get;
t = 0.199776187257 s or t = 2.14525782198 s
Therefore, the ball is at 2.1 m above the start point on the other side of the court at t ≈ 2.145 seconds
The horizontal distance, 'x', the ball travels at t ≈ 2.145 seconds is given as follows;
x = u × cos(50°) × t = 15 × cos(50°) × 2.145 ≈ 20.682 m
The horizontal distance the ball travels at t ≈ 2.145 seconds, x ≈ 20.682 m
Therefore, we have;
The time the other player has to reach the ball, t₂ =2.145 s - 0.3 s ≈ 1.845 s
The distance the other player has to run, d = 20.682 m - 10 m = 10.682 m
The minimum average speed the other player has to move with, = d/t₂
∴ = 10.682 m/(1.845 s) ≈ 5.78970189702 m/s ≈ 5.79 m/s
The minimum average speed the opponent must move so that he is in position to hit the ball, ≈ 5.79 m/s.
Answer:
a) 600 meters
b) between 0 and 10 seconds, and between 30 and 40 seconds.
c) the average of the magnitude of the velocity function is 15 m/s
Explanation:
a) In order to find the magnitude of the car's displacement in 40 seconds,we need to find the area under the curve (integral of the depicted velocity function) between 0 and 40 seconds. Since the area is that of a trapezoid, we can calculate it directly from geometry:
b) The car is accelerating when the velocity is changing, so we see that the velocity is changing (increasing) between 0 and 10 seconds, and we also see the velocity decreasing between 30 and 40 seconds.
Notice that between 10 and 30 seconds the velocity is constant (doesn't change) of magnitude 20 m/s, so in this section of the trip there is NO acceleration.
c) To calculate the average of a function that is changing over time, we do it through calculus, using the formula for average of a function:
Notice that the limits of integration for our case are 0 and 40 seconds, and that we have already calculated the area under the velocity function (the integral) in step a), so the average velocity becomes: