two children ride bicycle towards each other with instant velocity of 20m/s and 10m/s. Each child releases a ball 6m above the ground with forward horizontal velocity of 40m/s relative to the bicycle. if the two balls collide in above the ground. what was the seperation when they were initially released?
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To find the initial separation between the two balls when they were released, we can start by considering the horizontal motion of the balls. Since both balls have a forward horizontal velocity of 40 m/s relative to the bicycle, the horizontal motion of both balls is independent of each other.
Let's focus on one ball, and without loss of generality, assume it was released from the child riding the bicycle with an initial velocity of 20 m/s. We can use the equation of motion:
distance = velocity × time
In this case, we want to find the horizontal distance covered by the ball before it collides with the other ball. Let's assume it takes time t for the two balls to collide.
For the ball released with an initial velocity of 20 m/s, the horizontal distance covered is given by:
distance1 = 20 m/s × t
Now, let's consider the other ball released from the child riding the bicycle with an initial velocity of 10 m/s. The horizontal distance covered by this ball can also be represented as:
distance2 = 10 m/s × t
At the point of collision, the vertical positions of both balls are the same. Therefore, the vertical motion does not affect the initial separation distance.
Since the two balls collide at the same height above the ground, the total vertical distance covered by both balls should be equal to the initial separation when they were released. Each ball was released 6 m above the ground, so:
vertical distance1 + vertical distance2 = 6 m
Considering that both balls were released at the same time, and the vertical motion does not affect the initial separation, we can say that:
vertical distance1 = vertical distance2
Thus, we can write:
2 × vertical distance1 = 6 m
Now, solving for vertical distance1:
vertical distance1 = 3 m
This means that each ball covered a vertical distance of 3 m before colliding.
To find the time t at which the two balls collide, we can use the vertical motion equation for each ball:
vertical distance = initial vertical velocity × time + (1/2) × acceleration × time^2
Since both balls were released vertically with no initial velocity, their equations become:
3 m = (1/2) × (9.8 m/s^2) × t^2
Using this equation, we can solve for the time t:
t^2 = 3 m / ((1/2) × (9.8 m/s^2))
t^2 = 0.6122 s^2
Taking the square root of both sides:
t = sqrt(0.6122 s^2)
t ≈ 0.78 s
Now that we have found the time at which the two balls collide, we can substitute it back into the horizontal distance equations to get the initial separation distance:
distance1 = 20 m/s × 0.78 s
distance1 ≈ 15.6 m
distance2 = 10 m/s × 0.78 s
distance2 ≈ 7.8 m
Therefore, the initial separation between the two balls when they were released was approximately 15.6 meters.