A student falls off a cliff into the lake 54.0 m below. What is the final velocity of the student?
1 answer:
Answer:
= -32.53 m / s
this velocity is directed downwards
Explanation:
This is a free fall exercise, let's use the expression
= v_{oy}^{2} + 2 g (y -yo)
where we are assuming that there is friction with the air, as the body falls its initial velocity is zero
v_{oy} = √ 2g (y - y₀)
let's calculate
v_{y} = √ (2 9.8 (0-54.0))
= -32.53 m / s
this velocity is directed downwards
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θ = 19.66°
Explanation:
To determine the angle that the rope makes with the vertical for the two people, you first take into account the potential energy of the first person before he swings on the rope:
h: distance to the ground
g: gravitational acceleration = 9.8m/s^2
m: mass of the first person = 55 kg
In the image attache below you can notice that the height h is:
Then, the potential energy is:
When the first person picks up the second person (when the rope is exactly vertical), all the potential energy becomes kinetic energy. Next, when both people reaches the maximum height h' the energy must be equal to the initial potential energy of the first person:
From the previous equation you can get h':
Finally, you obtain the angle between the rope at the height h,' and the vertical, by calculating the following:
hence, the angle between the rope and the vertical, when the two people are in the rope is 19.66°
