You push a skateboard so that it rolls down the road at a speed of 0.700 m/s. You run after the skateboard and jump off the ground with speed 3.20 m/s and an angle of 23.0° above the horizontal hoping to land on the skateboard. How much distance do you need between you and the skateboard to land on it?
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its 42069 m/s
To find the distance required to land on the skateboard, we can use the principles of projectile motion. Let's break down the problem into two dimensions: horizontal and vertical.
First, let's consider the horizontal motion. The skateboard is already in motion at a speed of 0.700 m/s, and you are running after it with a speed of 3.20 m/s. Since your horizontal velocities add up when you jump, your total horizontal velocity when you jump is the sum of these two velocities. We need to find the horizontal component of your jump velocity.
Using trigonometry, we can find the horizontal component of your jump velocity by multiplying your jump velocity (3.20 m/s) by the cosine of the angle (23.0°) above the horizontal:
Horizontal component of jump velocity = 3.20 m/s * cos(23.0°)
Next, let's determine the vertical motion. You want to know the distance required to land on the skateboard, so the vertical displacement between you and the skateboard should be zero. We can use the kinematic equation for vertical motion to find the time it takes for you to reach the same vertical position as the skateboard.
The equation for vertical displacement is:
Δy = V₀y * t + (1/2) * a * t²
Since the vertical displacement is zero, we can rewrite the equation as:
0 = V₀y * t + (1/2) * (-g) * t²
where V₀y is the vertical component of your jump velocity, t is the time, and a is the acceleration due to gravity (-9.8 m/s²).
The vertical component of your jump velocity can be found by multiplying your jump velocity (3.20 m/s) by the sine of the angle (23.0°) above the horizontal:
Vertical component of jump velocity = 3.20 m/s * sin(23.0°)
Solving the quadratic equation above for t will give us the time it takes for you to reach the same vertical position as the skateboard.
Now we can use the time, t, to find the horizontal distance. The horizontal distance can be calculated by multiplying the total horizontal velocity (sum of the skateboard's velocity and the horizontal component of your jump velocity) by the time, t:
Horizontal distance = (0.700 m/s + 3.20 m/s * cos(23.0°)) * t
Finally, substituting the value of t obtained from the quadratic equation into the equation for horizontal distance will give us the answer.