Monday, September 11, 2006

HRWP36p78

To solve this problem, you have to do a bunch of steps. I'm listing the steps to part a in reverse order since that is how you would need to tackle the problem:


  1. To find d, you need the horizontal speed (vx) since
    d = (vx) t and t=4s.

  2. To find vx, you need the total velocity (v) when it lands on
    the roof (because vx = v cos(60°))

  3. To find v, you need to find the vertical velocity (vy) when it
    lands on the roof.

  4. To find the final vertical velocity (vy), you need the initial
    vertical velocity (vy0).

  5. To find vy0, use the acceleration equation:

    h = .5 g t2 + vy0 t

  6. Now, you can find vy since vy = vy0 + gt

  7. Next, you can find v since vy = v sin(60°)

  8. Going backwards, you can find d.

  9. Parts b and c are easy since you already have vy0 and
    vx (it's the usual translation from cartesian to polar coordinates).

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