Projectile Definition and 1000 Threads

I had a physics lab that is introducing Potential and Kinetic energy into are unit on projectiles. The first question was solve for the impact speed of a projectile launched horizontally at a 13m/s, this impact speed is -14.36m/s. The next question was find the impact speed of the same...

Homework Statement A ball is thrown upward at an angle of 30degrees to the horizontal and lands on the top edge of a building that is 20m away. The top edge is 5.0m above the throwing point. How fast was the ball thrown? Homework Equations x=v0t+(1/2)at2 vf2=V02+2ax vx=v0cosθ vy=v0sinθ The...

Homework Statement A cannon at ground level is shooting emergency packets to people stranded on the roof of a flooded building of height H=125 meters. The corner of the building is located a distance D=50 meters from the cannon. It is desired that the incoming packets are flying tangent to the...

Hi all. I am not quite sure if this is the right forum to place this question but for me there are several forums that would fit with my situation :D I am making a game where I have to throw/shoot a projectile through a 3 dimensional space which has to land on a specific object. There are...

Homework Statement A projectile on level ground is launched with a certain speed vi and has a downrange distance of Δx. What is Its new downrange distance if it is launched with a speed of 4vi instead? Homework Equations Δx=vi*t (I think) The Attempt at a Solution Since it says speed in the...

Homework Statement It's a worksheet with questions like : A pelican flying along a horizontal path drops a fish from a height of 5.4 m. The fish travels 8.0 m horizontally before it hits the water below. What is the pelican's initial speed? Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a Solution [/B] So...

1. A baseball is traveling at +18 m/s and is caught by a player. The ball is brought to rest in 0.5 s. What is the acceleration of the ball?Homework Equations Maybe vf=vi+ at ?The Attempt at a Solution This is under a Horizontal Projectiles worksheet by the way...I'm not sure what to do on this...

Homework Statement A windscreen is dirty and a bird dropped something which hits perpendicular your windscreen (Which has an inclination angel 40°). By comparison with the height of your house you know the flight height of the bird quite well. 10 m above your car. Determine the Horizontal...

Hi Everyone, I hope someone can help me, I am attempting this projectile problem, but I keep coming unstuck. Could anyone point my in the right direction? I have attempted to break down the initial velocity into its component forces etc, but as I do not know the initial velocity, final...

Homework Statement a projectile is launched at an angle of 26.5 above the horizontal at a height of 1.11m. the range is 2.331m. find the initial velocity and time given that acceleration due to gravity is 9.8m/s^2. The Attempt at a Solution first, I split the velocity into its components...

Homework Statement A stone is thrown horizontally from the top of a 20-m high hill. It strikes the ground at an angle of 45◦ . With what speed was it thrown? Homework Equations g=9.8 projectile motion is symmetric The Attempt at a Solution I got the answer 277.539 by treating this is a...

Homework Statement Below is screen shot of the problem. My friends book was ripped so some of the problem was cut off. Using the diagram I need to find d. The answer is supposed to be 7.42x10^4m. Below the problem is my attempt at the solution. Can someone tell me where I went wrong. As you can...

Homework Statement A ball launched from ground level lands 2.85s later on a level field 48 m away from the launch point. Find the magnitude of the initial velocity vector and the angle it is above the horizontal. (Ignore any effects due to air resistance.) Homework Equations...

Homework Statement A ball thrown horizontally at 12.4m/s from the roof of a building lands 20.2m from the base of the building. How tall is the building? Homework Equations I think I'm supposed to use these: horizontal motion: x=x0+vx0t vertical motion: y=y0=+vy0(t)-.5at^2 The Attempt at a...

Here is the picture for you to understand it better. Please help me calculate the velocity required for the ball. I have already tried it with the formula: displacement = initial velocity(time) + (acceleration)(time2)/2 but cannot since I do not know the initial velocity and the time Please...

Hi. I need to put the formula F=ma into the projectile formula displacement =(initial velocity)time+acceleration(time2)/2 I've already tried it but can't. Please help me Thanks.

Homework Statement A test rocket is launched, starting on the ground, from rest, by accelerating it along an incline with constant acceleration a. The incline has length L, and it rises at theta degrees above the horizontal. At the instant the rocket leaves the incline, its engines turn off and...

I was recently doing a few projectile motion equations and noticed that the formula used changes depending on whether or not a given initial position. Am I correct, or am I misinterpreting the situation and manipulation of the equation? Also, can someone provide a file or pdf for all the...

And does the answer depend on gravity? In other words would it be the same angle on the moon?

Homework Statement A missile is launched from the ground making 45 degree with the horizontal to hit a target at a horizontal distance of 300 km. If it is required to hit a target at a horizontal distance of 675 km launched at same angle with horizontal, find the percentage change in its...

Homework Statement an object is thrown horizontally off a cliff with an initial speed of 7.5m/s. The object strikes the ground 3 sec later what is the horizontal velocity after 1.5 sec Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a Solution i don't know how to start this problem without an angle given

Homework Statement A ship is traveling across the sea when its engines are cut. The ship slows down by a = -kV2. The ship gradually slows down from 5 knots/h to 12 knots/h over 20min. Determine the distance traveled in nautical miles. One knot is 1 nautical mile per hour.Homework Equations...

Homework Statement In the figure, a uniform, upward-pointing electric field E of magnitude 5.00E3 N/C has been set up between two horizontal plates by charging the lower plate positively and the upper plate negatively. The plates have length L = 4 cm (0.04 m) and separation d = 2.00 cm (0.02...

Homework Statement A projectile is launched at an initial speed of 30 m/s at an angle of 60° above the horizontal. Calculate the magnitude and direction of its velocity (a) 2s and (b) 5s after launch Homework Equations x=v*t in the x dimension x= x+vt+(1/2)at^2The Attempt at a Solution I...

Homework Statement An airplane with a speed of 70.6 m/s is climbing upward at an angle of 40.0 ° with respect to the horizontal. When the plane's altitude is 814 m, the pilot releases a package. (a) Calculate the distance along the ground, measured from a point directly beneath the point of...

Homework Statement A fly ball just clears a 10.0 meter fence on the way down at a 45 degree angle, and strikes the ground 8.0 meters beyond the fence. Calculate the speed of the ball when it left his bat (at ground level). since it lands at ground level dy=0 a=9.81m/s2 since it is the only...

you launch a projectile with an initial velocity of at an angle of 30 degrees and it hits a target .4 secpmds after it is launched at a horizontal distance of .4m a. what is the y coordinate of the target b. what was its intial velocity c.what is the y- components of it s velocity just before...

You launch a projectile with an initial velocity of 4 m/s at an angle of 60 degrees and it hits a target at a distance of 1.0 m in the horizontal direction. a. what is the y coordinate of the target b.how long does it take for the projectile to hit the target c.what is the y- component of its...

Homework Statement I need to accelerate a 0.2 gram projectile to 300 m/s within 80cm. How much force (N) do I need? Homework Equations E = F * S The Attempt at a Solution

Another gun-related question: I'm building a pneumatic airgun and I'm trying to find out what pressure/barrel length I have to use for a given muzzle velocity. I've done a bit of number crunching but I keep coming up with insane barrel lenghts, and that's not even considering any friction...

http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4836&context=ujmm Ive been awake for thirty six hours and I don't know differential equations. Im trying to find the angle (theta) over the horizontal axis that is needed to hit a target that is 1000 meters away they are basically...

Homework Statement Exam review question concerning 2 dimensional motion, the professor did not hand out an answer key and I am just looking for an answer check. A car launches at an angle of 30 degrees above the horizontal, off a cliff (50m), moving at an initial speed of 10m/s. Find the...

1. An arrow is shot upward at a 30 degree angle compared to horizontal in order to hit a target that is 100 meters away. What was the initials peed of the arrow if it hits the center of the target?2. This is the hardest question on my sheet, can someone please walk me through how to do it?3...

And how do you find the drag force?

Homework Statement A motorcyclist wants to jump 20 cars placed side-by-side, making the jump 30m long (coming back to the initial height). Assume that the ramp is placed at an angle of 30 degrees from the horizontal. a. Calculate the initial velocity required to make the jump. b. Assuming the...

Homework Statement A football is kicked from the ground toward a 3.2 meter tall goal post 30 meters away. The ball leaves the ground with a velocity of 18 meters/sec at an angle of 50 degrees from the ground. How high off of the ground is the ball when it reaches the goal post? Does the kicker...

A helicopter on a flood relief mission flying horizontally with a speed vo at an altitude H, has to drop a food packet for victims standing on the ground. At what 'distance from the victims should the food packet be dropped'?the victims are standing in the vertical plane of the helicopter. In...

Homework Statement A ball is launched with initial speed ##2\sqrt{}gh## such that it just clears two walls of height 'h' separated by a distance 2h .What is the time taken by the ball between the two walls ? Ans: ##2\sqrt{\frac{h}{g}}## Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a Solution...

Homework Statement A soccer ball is kicked 27.43m away from the goal and 9.15m away from the defensive line with a initial velocity of 36 m/s, when the ball reaches the goal is 1.92m from the floor [/B] I'll leave a little diagram of the problem, thanks for your time. P.D: I apologize for my...

Homework Statement Assume uniform acceleration. The projectile is released at a height 1m above the ground traveling at angle 60 above the horizontal. It hits the ground 60m away from the launch position. Calculate acceleration of the particle in acceleration phase.[/B]Homework Equations...

Homework Statement A toy gun uses a spring with a force constant of ##\small{300 N/m}## to propel a ##\small{10.0\!-\!g}## steel ball. If the spring is compressed ##\small{7.00\ cm}## and friction is negligible: At what angles above the horizontal may a child aim to hit a target...

Hey, I need help with a lab I'm doing in class. The goal is to hit a target on the ground by shooting a bullet from a toy gun. Our distance from the target will be assigned to us by our teacher and I need to calculate the initial velocity of the gun and then hit the target by only changing the...

How come when I do a conservation of energy up an incline the displacement is the distance up the incline, but when I do a conservation of energy from a projectile the displacement is not the resultant of the x and y displacements (instead, it's only the displacement in the y-direction)? Thank-you

Greetings, Most projectile problems are presented from the muzzle of a cannon; however, how do we solve the problem if the velocity is known at the muzzle; but the angle is controlled at the base of the canon. The issue is that, when the canon angle changes, so does the muzzle location! The...

Can we derive the equation of a projectile to be elliptical.

Homework Statement Determine the exit speed(initial velocity) of a marble exiting a launcher shot from a table. The height of the table, distance of the x component and the time can be measured. t=? Vi=? Vix=? Homework Equations d= vi * t + 0.5*g*t^2 Vi^2=Vix^2*Viy*2 The Attempt at a Solution I...

Dave Johnson, the bronze medallist at the 1992 Olympic decathalon in Barcelona, leaves the ground at the high jump with vertical velocity component 6 m/s. How far does his center of mass move up as he makes the jump?

Homework Statement The velocity of a tram traveling on a straight line between two stops is given by: v = 16sin(pi(t)/30) m/s find the time lapse between stops the distance traveled between stops the maximum velocity of the tram and when it occurs Homework Equations Displacement = x...

Homework Statement A missle is fired vertically up from a ground with an initial velocity of 20m/s. The acceleration at any time is given by dv/dt = -10 + t/2 m/s^2. Find the height of the missile after two seconds Find the height after four seconds the direction the missile is traveling when t...

Homework Statement Show that for a projectile d^2 (v^2)/dt^2 = 2g^2 Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a Solution Since we are only dealing with the y component for this. 2nd derivative would be 2. But since gravity acts on it then d^2 (v^2)/dt^2 = 2g. I don't get how to get to 2g^2. Can someone...