Jessup can throw a ball a maximum distance (measured horizontally from the point of release) of D. (a) To what maximum distance can he toss the same ball (vertically) upwards? (b) In which situation does the ball spend more time in the air? How much longer is this (express your answers multiples of the shorter time) than the other time?
a) The range of projectile motion is maximum when the angle of projectile motion is 45 dergees
Let the initial velocity be v. Then
OR
Suppose the ball is thrown upwards with the initial velocity v. Then the height reached by the ball is
Therefore the maximum distance at which he toss the same ball (vertically) upwards is h = D/2
b) Time spent in air when the ball is thrown as projectile motion is
Time spent in air when the ball in thrown vertically upwards is
which is greater than the time spent in air when the ball is thrown as projectile motion
Therefore
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