A ball is tossed from an upper-story window of a building. The ball is given an initial velocity of 8.15 m/s at an angle of 18.5o below the horizontal. It strikes the ground 3.30 s later. How far horizontally from the base of the building does the ball strike the ground?
Calculate the height from which the ball was thrown.
How long does it take the ball to reach a point 10.0 m below the level of launching?
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To find the horizontal distance the ball travels before it strikes the ground, we need to calculate the range. The range is given by:
Range = (initial velocity * time of flight * cos(angle of projection))
Given:
Initial velocity (u) = 8.15 m/s
Angle of projection (θ) = 18.5° below the horizontal
Time of flight (t) = 3.30 s
To find the horizontal distance, we need to calculate the horizontal component of the initial velocity. This can be calculated using:
Horizontal component of velocity (u_x) = initial velocity * cos(angle of projection)
Substituting the given values:
u_x = 8.15 m/s * cos(18.5°)
Now, we can calculate the range:
Range = u_x * t
Substituting the values we found:
Range = (8.15 m/s * cos(18.5°)) * 3.30 s
To find the height from which the ball was thrown, we need to calculate the vertical component of the initial velocity. This can be calculated using:
Vertical component of velocity (u_y) = initial velocity * sin(angle of projection)
Substituting the given values:
u_y = 8.15 m/s * sin(18.5°)
The height from which the ball was thrown can be calculated using the equation:
Height = u_y * t + (1/2) * g * t^2
Where g is the acceleration due to gravity.
Substituting the values we found:
Height = (8.15 m/s * sin(18.5°)) * 3.30 s + (1/2) * 9.8 m/s^2 * (3.30 s)^2
To calculate the time it takes for the ball to reach a point 10.0 m below the level of launching, we need to solve the following equation for time:
Height = u_y * t + (1/2) * g * t^2
In this case, the final height (Height) is -10.0 m (since it is below the level of launching), and we need to solve for time (t).