A golf ball was hit and projected at an angle of 60˚ with the horizontal. If the initial velocity of a
ball was 50 m/s (neglecting air friction).
a. Calculate the vertical component (vy)
b. Calculate the horizontal component (vx)
a. The vertical component (vy) of the initial velocity can be calculated using trigonometry. We can use the sine function to find this component.
vy = v * sin(θ)
Where:
v = initial velocity = 50 m/s
θ = angle of projection = 60°
vy = 50 * sin(60°)
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b. The horizontal component (vx) of the initial velocity can be calculated using trigonometry. We can use the cosine function to find this component.
vx = v * cos(θ)
Where:
v = initial velocity = 50 m/s
θ = angle of projection = 60°
vx = 50 * cos(60°)
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a. To calculate the vertical component (vy), we can use the formula:
vy = vy0 - g * t
where:
- vy is the vertical component of the velocity,
- vy0 is the initial vertical component of the velocity (0 m/s in this case since the ball is projected horizontally),
- g is the acceleration due to gravity (approximately 9.8 m/s^2),
- t is the time.
Since the ball is projected horizontally, the time taken for the ball to reach its maximum height (where vy is 0) is half of its total time of flight. The total time of flight can be calculated using the formula:
t_total = 2 * vy0 / g
Now let's substitute the given values:
vy0 = 0 m/s (initial vertical component of velocity)
g = 9.8 m/s^2 (acceleration due to gravity)
t_total = 2 * 0 / 9.8
t_total = 0
The total time of flight is 0 seconds, which means the ball does not reach its maximum height and immediately starts falling vertically. Therefore, the vertical component of velocity is also 0 m/s.
b. To calculate the horizontal component (vx), we can use the formula:
vx = vx0
where:
- vx is the horizontal component of the velocity,
- vx0 is the initial horizontal component of the velocity.
Since the ball is projected horizontally, the initial horizontal component of velocity is given as 50 m/s.
Therefore, the horizontal component of the velocity (vx) is 50 m/s.
To calculate the vertical component (vy) and horizontal component (vx) of the initial velocity of the golf ball, we can use trigonometric functions.
a. To calculate the vertical component (vy):
vy = v * sin(θ)
Where vy is the vertical component of the initial velocity, v is the initial velocity, and θ is the angle of projection.
Substituting the given values:
vy = 50 m/s * sin(60˚)
vy = 50 m/s * 0.866 (rounding to 3 decimal places)
vy ≈ 43.301 m/s
So, the vertical component (vy) of the initial velocity is approximately 43.301 m/s.
b. To calculate the horizontal component (vx):
vx = v * cos(θ)
Where vx is the horizontal component of the initial velocity, v is the initial velocity, and θ is the angle of projection.
Substituting the given values:
vx = 50 m/s * cos(60˚)
vx = 50 m/s * 0.5
vx = 25 m/s
So, the horizontal component (vx) of the initial velocity is 25 m/s.