Projectile Motion

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Projectile Motion: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Projectile Motion, Vertical Motion, Condition for Projectile Hitting Inclined Plane Horizontally & Projectile Motion from a Moving Plane etc.

Important Questions on Projectile Motion

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A ball is projected at an angle of 30° above with the horizontal from the top of a tower and strikes the ground in 5 sec at angle of 45° with the horizontal. Find the height of the tower and the speed with which it was projected.

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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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A particle is projected in x-y plane with y-axis along vertical, the point of projection being origin. The equation of projectile is y = 3 x - gx 2 2   .  The angle of projectile is ---------------------- and initial velocity is -----------------------------------

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A rifle with a muzzle velocity of 100 m s-1 shoots a bullet at a small target 30 m away in the same horizontal line. How high above the target must the gun be aimed so that the bullet will hit the target?

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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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From a 10 m high building, a stone A is dropped and simultaneously another identical stone B is thrown horizontally with an initial speed of  5m s1. Which one of the following statements is true?

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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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An object A is kept fixed at the point  x=3 m and  y=1.25 m on a plank P raised above the ground. At time   t=0  the plank starts moving along the   +x  direction with an acceleration   1.5m s 2 .  At the same instant a stone is projected from the origin with a velocity u as shown. A stationary person on the ground observes the stone hitting the object during its downward motion at an angle of   45°  to the horizontal. All the motions are in the   xy  plane. Find u and the time after which the stone hits the object. Take   g=10m s 2 .          

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A large heavy box is sliding without friction down a smooth plane of inclination  θ . From a point P on the bottom of the box, a particle is projected inside the box. The initial speed of the particle with respect to the box is u and the direction of projection makes an angle α with the bottom as shown in the figure:

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If the horizontal displacement of the particle as seen by an observer on the ground is zero, find the speed of the box with respect to the ground at the instant when the particle was projected.

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A large heavy box is sliding without friction down a smooth plane of inclination θ . From a point P on the bottom of the box, a particle is projected inside the box. The initial speed of the particle with respect to the box is u and the direction of projection makes an angle α with the bottom as shown in the figure:

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Find the distance along the bottom of the box between the point of projection P and the point Q where the particle lands. [Assume that the particle does not hit any other surface of the box. Neglect air resistance]

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Two guns situated on the top of a hill of height 10 m fire one shot each with the same speed   5 3 m s 1 at some interval of time. One gun fires horizontally and other fires upwards at an angle of   60°  with the horizontal. The shots collide in air at point P. Find the time interval between the firings.

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A projectile can have the same range R for two angles of projection. If t1 and t2 be the times of flights in the two cases, then the product of the two time of flights is proportional to –

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A projectile can have the same range ‘R’ for two angles of projection. If ‘t1’ and ‘t2’ be the times of flight in the two cases, then the product of the two times of flight is proportional to 

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A boy playing on the roof of a 10 m high building throws a ball with a speed of   10m s 1  at an angle of   30° with the horizontal. How far from the throwing point will the ball be at the height of 10 m from the ground? [Take g = 10 ms-2]

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When two projectiles are fired from complementary angles having times of flight T1&T2 and maximum heights H1&H2 respectively, which of the following is incorrect?

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A body of mass m is projected with a velocity u making an angle with horizontal. Its horizontal range is R. The body splits into two equal parts at the highest point and one of the particle comes to rest. Then, the horizontal distance travelled by the other particle from the point of projection is

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If x be the horizontal range and h be the maximum height attained by a projectile then velocity of projection is

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A particle of mass m = 1 kg is projected from the origin on ground with the speed of u = 5 m s-1 at an angle of θ=37° with the horizontal. Consider no air resistance. The particle does a projectile motion and falls back on the ground. The average torque in due course of motion on the particle w.r.t. the observer at the origin is

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A particle projected with a velocity 6i^ + 8j^ , 3 m from a vertical wall. After striking the wall it lands at