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Korolek [52]
3 years ago
5

An experiment is done to compare the initial speed of projectiles fired from high-performance catapults. The catapults are place

d very close to a pendulum bob of mass 10.0 kg attached to a massless rod of length L. Assume that catapult 1 fires a projectile of mass 5.50 g at speed v1 and catapult 2 fires a projectile of mass 10.0 g at speed v2. If the projectile from catapult 1 causes the pendulum to swing to a maximum angular displacement of 6.80 ∘ and the projectile from catapult 2 causes a displacement of 11.4 ∘, find the ratio of the initial speeds, v1v2 .

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1 answer:
anzhelika [568]3 years ago
4 0

Answer:1.084

Explanation:

Given

mass of Pendulum M=10 kg

mass of bullet m=5.5 gm

velocity of bullet u

After collision let say velocity is v

conserving momentum we get

mu=(M+m)v

v=\frac{m}{M+m}\times u

Conserving Energy for Pendulum

Kinetic Energy=Potential Energy

\frac{(M+m)v^2}{2}=(M+m)gh

here h=L(1-\cos \theta ) from diagram

therefore

v=\sqrt{2gL(1-\cos \theta )}

initial velocity in terms of v

u=\frac{M+m}{m}\times \sqrt{2gL(1-\cos \theta )}

For first case \theta =6.8^{\circ}

u_1=\frac{M+m_1}{m_1}\times \sqrt{2gL(1-\cos 6.8)}

for second case \theta =11.4^{\circ}

u_2=\frac{M+m_2}{m_2}\times \sqrt{2gL(1-\cos 11.4)}

Therefore \frac{u_1}{u_2}=\frac{\frac{M+m_1}{m_1}\times \sqrt{2gL(1-\cos 6.8)}}{\frac{M+m_2}{m_2}\times \sqrt{2gL(1-\cos 11.4)}}

\frac{u_1}{u_2}=\frac{1819.181\times 0.0838}{1001\times 0.1404}

\frac{u_1}{u_2}=1.084

i.e.\frac{v_1}{v_2}=1.084

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