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ProjectileMotionRankingTask
Sixbaseballthrowsareshownbelow.Ineachcase,theballisthrownwithspeedv atananglefromthehorizontal.Inallcases,
thebaseballisthrownfromthesameheightH abovetheground.Assumeforthebasisoftheserankingsthattheeffectsofair
resistancearenegligible.
PartA
Rankthesethrowsbasedonthemaximumheightreachedbytheball.
Rankfromlargesttosmallest.Torankitemsasequivalent,overlapthem.
Hint1.Solvingtwodimensionalmotionproblems
Akeyinsightinsolvingtwodimensionalmotionproblemsistherealizationthatmotioninthehorizontaldirectionand
motionintheverticaldirectionareindependent.Thismeansthattheposition,velocity,andaccelerationinone
directiondonotinfluencetheposition,velocity,andaccelerationintheotherdirection.
Hint2.Findingvectorcomponents
Givenavectormagnitudev andangle,thexandycomponentsofthevectorcanbedeterminedusingthe
equationsv x = v cos andv y = v sin ,asshowninthefigure.
ANSWER:
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largest
Thecorrectrankingcannotbedetermined.
Correct
PartB
Rankthesethrowsbasedontheamountoftimeittakestheballtohittheground.
Rankfromlargesttosmallest.Torankitemsasequivalent,overlapthem.
Hint1.Howtoapproachtheproblem
Thetimeittakeseachballtohitthegroundisthesumofthetimeittakestoreachitsmaximumheightandthetimeit
takestofallfromitsmaximumheighttotheground.
Hint2.Comparetimestoreachthemaximumheight
Considertwoballsthrownatdifferentspeedsanddifferentanglesfromthesameheight.BallAreachesamaximum
heightofH andballBreachesamaximumheightgreaterthanH .Whichballtakeslongertoreachitsmaximum
height?
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BallAtakeslongertoreachitsmaximumheight.
BallBtakeslongertoreachitsmaximumheight.
Theyreachtheirmaximumheightsinthesameamountoftime.
Itisimpossibletodeterminewithoutknowingtheballs'initialvelocities.
Hint3.Comparetimestofallfromthemaximumheight
Considertwoballsdroppedfromdifferentheights.BallAisdroppedfromheightH andballBisdroppedfroma
heightgreaterthanH .Whichballtakeslongertoreachtheground?
ANSWER:
BallAtakeslonger.
BallBtakeslonger.
Theyfallinthesameamountoftime.
ANSWER:
largest
Thecorrectrankingcannotbedetermined.
Correct
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