A frog hops 5m east and 2m north. What is the magnitude of the frogs total displacement in m?
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As per the question a frog jumps 5 m towards east.
Frog again jumps 2 m north.
Let the displacement along east is denoted by vector A and the displacement towards north is denoted as vector B.
Hence magnitude of A = 5 m
Magnitude of B = 2 m
We are asked to calculate the total displacement.
Here the angle between them is 90 degree as A is towards east and B is towards north.
As per parallelogram law of vector addition,the magnitude of total displacement [R] will be-
[cos90= 0]
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The total distance is 381.5 [m]
Explanation:
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where:
Vf = final velocity [m/s]
Vo = initial velocity = 0
a = acceleration = 2 [m/s²]
t = time = 7 [s]
Vf = 0 + (2*7)
Vf = 14 [m/s]
With this velocity, we can calculate the displacement using the following expression.
where
x = distance traveled [m]
14² = 0 + (2*7*x)
x = 196/(14)
x = 14 [m]
Note: The positive sign in the equations is because the car is accelerating, it means its velocity is increasing.
The other important clue to solve this problem in the second part is that the final velocity is now the initial velocity.
We must calculate the final velocity.
Vf = final velocity [m/s]
Vi = initial velocity = 14 [m/s]
a = desacceleration = 4 [m/s²]
t = time = 8 [s]
Vf = 24 + (4*8)
Vf = 56 [m/s]
With this velocity, we can calculate the displacement using the following expression.
where
x = distance traveled [m]
56² = 14² + (2*4*x)
x = 2940/(8)
x = 367.5 [m]
Note: The positive sign in the equations is because the car is accelerating, it means its velocity is increasing.
Therefore the total distance is Xt = 14 + 367.5 = 381.5 [m].