Projectile Motion

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Projectile Motion: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Projectile Motion, Vertical Motion, Projectile Motion from a Horizontal Plane, Horizontal Projectile Motion from a Height, Oblique Projectile Motion from a Height, and Time to Reach Maximum Height of a Projectile.

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 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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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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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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A nozzle is situated at a distance of 5.6m above the ground level and is pointed up at angle of 45 degrees to the horizontal. The diameter of the nozzle is 1πcm and the jet of water from the nozzle strikes the ground at a horizontal distance of 14m. Select the correct statement(s).

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A stone is projected with a velocity of 10 m s-1 at 60° to the horizontal. At any instant, the angles of elevation of the stone from the two extremities of the range are α and β. Then tanα+tanβ equals:

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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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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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A projectile has a maximum range of 100 m. Neglecting air resistance, what is the maximum height attained by it?

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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

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A cricket ball is thrown with kinetic energy Ek at an angle 45°with the horizontal. Its kinetic energy at the highest point will be

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From the top of a tower 19.6 m high, a ball is thrown horizontally. If the line joining the point of projection to the point where it hits the ground makes an angle of 45° with the horizontal, then the initial velocity of the ball is

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A bullet is fired with a velocity u making an angle of 60° with the horizontal plane. The horizontal component of the velocity of the bullet when it reaches the maximum height is