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A physics professor did daredevil stunts in his spare time. His last stunt was an attempt to jump across a river on a motorcycle (Fig. P3.63). The take off ramp was inclined at 53°, the river was 40.0mwide, and the far bank was 15.0m lower than the top of the ramp. The river itself was 100mbelow the ramp. Ignore air resistance. (a) What should his speed have been at the top of the ramp to have just made it to the edge of the far bank? (b) If his speed was only half the value found in part (a), where did he land?

Short Answer

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(a) Speedu=17.8m/s

(b) The landing distances=28.4m

Step by step solution

01

Newton’s law of motion

The velocity contains two components, one is a horizontal component and another one is vertical.

According to newton’s laws of motion,

s=ut+12at2

Where, s, u, t, a, are displacement, initial velocity, time, and acceleration.

For the vertical and horizontal motion, the velocity component will be usinθand cosθrespectively.

02

Given

Angle = 53°

The wideness of the river = 40m

Far bank deepness = role="math" localid="1659370924174" 15m

The river below the ramp =100m

03

(a) Speed at the top of the ramp

From the horizontal motion, gravity for horizontal motion will be zero.

s=ucosθt+12at240m=ucos53°tut=66.47m

From the vertical motion,

s=usinθt+12at2- 15.0m=66.47m×sin53°+12×-9.8m/s2×t2t=3.727s

Now the speed will be,

ut=66.47mu=66.47m3.727su=17.8m/s

04

(b) Landing distance with half of the speed

u=17.8m/s2u=8.9m/s

From the vertical motion,

s=usinθt+12at2- 100.0m=8.9m/s×sin53°t+12×-9.8m/s2×t2t=5.30s

From the horizontal motion, gravity for horizontal motion will be zero.

s=ucosθt+12at2s=8.9m/s×cos53°×5.30ss=28.4m

The Speed at the top of the ramp will be u=17.8m/sand the landing distance will be s=28.4m.

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