Projectile Motion

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Projectile Motion: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as 2D Motion, Projectile Motion, Instantaneous Velocity of a Horizontal Projectile from a Height & Final Velocity for a Horizontal Projectile from a Height etc.

Important Questions on Projectile Motion

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A particle is projected in the X-Y plane. 2 s after projection, the velocity of the particle makes an angle 45° with the X-axis. 4 s after projection, it moves horizontally. Find the velocity of projection (use g = 10 m s-2)

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Two bodies of same mass are projected with the same velocity at an angle 30° and 60° respectively. The ratio of their horizontal ranges will be

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The maximum range of a gun of horizontal terrain is 16 km. If g=10  ms2, then, muzzle velocity of a shell must be

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A bullet is fired horizontally from a gun with a speed of  1000  ms1  in order to hit a target 100 m away. From what height above the target should the gun be aimed? (The resistance of air is negligible and  g=10ms2,u=0 )

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The direction of projection of particle is shown in the figure for an observer on trolley. An observer on the ground sees the ball rise vertically. The maximum height reached by ball as seen from the trolley is

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The relation between the time of flight of a projectile T, and the time to reach the maximum height, t​ is

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A projectile is projected with a velocity v making an angle with horizontal, the equation for time of flight is

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A ball is projected horizontally from a certain height with a velocity of 2 m/s. Determine the time required by it to reach its maximum height.

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For an object thrown at 45° to horizontal, the maximum height H and horizontal range R are related as :

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The horizontal range of a projectile is added maximum for a given velocity of projection when the angle of projection is :

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 An aeroplane flying 490 m above ground level at 100 m/s, releases a block. How far on the ground will the block strike? (take g=9.8 ms-2)

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A food packet is dropped from an aeroplane moving horizontally at a constant speed. When air resistance is taken into consideration, the food packet will

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A particle is dropped from the same height when another particle is thrown horizontally. Both the particles will hit the ground: 

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The moon is 4×10^8 m from earth.a radar signal transmitte from earth will reacheto the moon about.

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A particle moves along the x-axis according to the equation x = 6t2 where x is displacement in meters and t is time in seconds. Therefore
 1. the acceleration of the particle is 6 ms-2.
2. the particle follows a parabolic path
3. each second the velocity of the particle change by 12 ms-1.
 4. the velocity of the particle is 6 ms-1.

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Velocity ( v) - time (t) graph of a body is shown
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It implies that at point Q

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Two bullets are fired horizontally with different velocities from the same height. Which one will reach the ground first?

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At the top of the trajectory of a projectile, the acceleration is

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It is given that a projectile is fired horizontally with a velocity of 98 ms-1 from the top of a mountain 490 m high. Calculate the velocity of the projectile by which it strikes the ground. g=9.8 ms-2

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The time of flight of projectile is 10 second and its range is 500m. The maximum height reached by it is g=10ms-2