A streamlined and compact projectile is launched from flat
ground on a valley toward a distant hillside at an Army testing
ground in Nevada. The projectile’s initial speed is vi = 150. m/s
as it leaves the cannon. The initial angle of launch θi of the
projectile is unknown. The projectile makes impact high on the
distant hill a time t = 3.00 s after its departure. From GPS
sensors we know that the site of impact is a straight-line
horizontal distance of Δx = 360. m from the launch site, albeit an
unknown height H above the launch site. Assume an idealized
situation in which air resistance has no appreciable effect on the
projectile’s trajectory.
a) What is vix , the x-component of the initial velocity
vector?
b) Find the initial angle of launch θi of the projectile.
c) What is viy , the y-component of the initial velocity
vector?
d) How high H above the launch site does the projectile land?
e) What is vfx , the x-component of the final velocity vector right
before impact?
f) What is vfy , the y-component of the final velocity vector right
before impact?
There is no acceleration in the horizontal direction so the horizontal component of velocity doesn't change during the projectile motion.
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