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Yoda

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Projectile motion question help?
« on: March 11, 2014, 04:31:04 pm »
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A car launches itself from a ramp at 30degress with a velocity of 26m/s onto a 3 metre high cliff. At what distance should the cliff be for the car to land successfully?
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Re: Projectile motion question help?
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2014, 04:39:45 pm »
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Technically the car would have a speed of 26 m/s, not velocity, as you've only given us a size :P

Set up your constant acceleration table:
x = ?
ux = 26 cos 30
vx = 26 cos 30
ax = 0
t = ?

y = 3 (because it goes from ground level to a cliff 3 m high)
uy = 26 sin 30 = 13
vy = ?
ay = -10
t = ?

Try and find the missing variables if you can. Then, use Pythag to find the distance from the ramp the cliff should be (sqrt(x^2+y^2))
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Re: Projectile motion question help?
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2014, 04:44:14 pm »
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Couldn't you just find the time it takes to get to the top of the cliff, and then use v=d/t to find the distance in the horizontal direction.
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Re: Projectile motion question help?
« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2014, 04:56:03 pm »
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Yeah you'd do that. I just wrote out the entire table to assist with future projectile motion questions.
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