Harry and Angela look from their balcony to a swimming pool below that is 15 m from the bottom of their building. They estimate that the balcony is 45 m high and wonder how fast they would have to jump horizontally to succeed in reaching the pool. What is the answer?
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To solve this problem, we can use the equations of motion for horizontal motion and vertical motion. We'll assume that air resistance is negligible.
First, let's find the time it would take for Harry and Angela to fall to the pool if they jumped vertically.
Using the equation of motion for vertical motion:
h = ut + (1/2)gt^2
where h is the height (15 m), u is the initial vertical velocity (0 m/s), g is the acceleration due to gravity (-9.8 m/s^2), and t is the time.
We can rearrange the equation to solve for t:
15 = 0*t + (1/2)*(-9.8)*t^2
15 = -4.9t^2
Now, solving for t:
t^2 = 15 / -4.9
t^2 = -3.061
Since time cannot be negative, we discard this solution.
This means that Harry and Angela cannot reach the pool by jumping vertically.
To reach the pool, they would have to jump horizontally. We need to find the minimum horizontal velocity they need to achieve to reach the pool.
Let's use the equation for horizontal motion:
s = ut
where s is the horizontal distance (45 m), u is the horizontal velocity, and t is the time.
Since Harry and Angela want to reach the pool, the vertical and horizontal displacements should be completed in the same time (which is the time we calculated earlier).
Using the time we found earlier (t = √(-3.061)), let's substitute it into the horizontal motion equation:
45 = u * √(-3.061)
Simplifying the equation:
u = 45 / √(-3.061)
However, we have a square root of a negative number, which results in an imaginary number. This means that there is no real horizontal velocity that Harry and Angela can achieve to reach the pool.
Therefore, there is no answer to this problem. Harry and Angela cannot reach the pool by jumping horizontally or vertically from their balcony.