Physics 2A: Lecture 6

Today’s Agenda
§ Kinematics in 2-D
§ Quick Recap of last lecture
§ Position
§ Velocity
§ Acceleration
§ Special case: Constant acceleration in 2-D
§ Constant acceleration equations
§ Examples: Projectile motion

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Start Recording!

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 Constant acceleration in 2-D

§ We can treat each direction as if the other did not

exist. So basically we have 2 1-D cases.

§ Demos
§https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDf_0fPbNos
§https://sciencedemonstrations.fas.harvard.edu/pres
entations/shoot-n-drop

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 Clicker Question 1:

A heavy red ball is released

from rest 2.0 m above a flat,
horizontal surface. At exactly
the same instant, a yellow ball
with the same mass is fired
horizontally at 3.0 m/s. Which
ball hits the ground first?

A. The red ball hits first.

B. The yellow ball hits first.
C. They hit at the same time.

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 Clicker Question 1:

A heavy red ball is released

from rest 2.0 m above a flat,
horizontal surface. At exactly
the same instant, a yellow ball
with the same mass is fired
horizontally at 3.0 m/s. Which
ball hits the ground first?

A. The red ball hits first.

B. The yellow ball hits first.
C. They hit at the same time.

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 Constant acceleration in 2-D
§ x-direction

§x = x0 + v0xt + ½ axt2
§vx = v0x + axt
§vx2 = v0x2 + 2ax(Dx)
§ y-direction

§y = y0 + v0yt + ½ ayt2
§vy= v0y + ayt
§vy2 = v0y2 + 2ay(Dy)

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 Clicker Question 2:
A student throws a ball off a cliff. When the ball leaves the
student's hand it is traveling with a speed of 23 m/s, and
the vertical component of the balls velocity is 18 m/s.
The ball hits the ground after 4.2 seconds.

What angle did the student throw

the ball?
(a) θ = 24°
(b) θ = 37°
(c) θ = 52°.

Physics 201: Lecture 5, Pg 7

A student throws a ball off a cliff. When the ball
leaves the student's hand it is traveling with a speed
of 23 m/s, and the vertical component of the balls
velocity is 18 m/s. The ball hits the ground after 4.2
seconds.

What angle did the student throw

the ball?

Physics 201: Lecture 5, Pg 8

 Clicker Question 3:
A student throws a ball off a cliff. When the ball leaves the
student's hand it is traveling with a speed of 23 m/s, and
the vertical component of the balls velocity is 18 m/s.
The ball hits the ground after 4.2 seconds.

How long does it take for the ball

to reach its maximum height?

(a) 1.8 s
(b) 2.3 s
(c) 3.1 s

Physics 201: Lecture 5, Pg 9

A student throws a ball off a cliff. When the ball
leaves the student's hand it is traveling with a speed
of 23 m/s, and the vertical component of the balls
velocity is 18 m/s. The ball hits the ground after 4.2
seconds.

How long does it take for the ball

to reach its maximum height?

Physics 201: Lecture 5, Pg 10

 Clicker Question 4:
A student throws a ball off a cliff. When the ball leaves the
student's hand it is traveling with a speed of 23 m/s, and
the vertical component of the balls velocity is 18 m/s.
The ball hits the ground after 4.2 seconds.

What height h was the ball thrown

from?

(a) 9.1 m
(b) 10.8 m
(c) 13.1 m

Physics 201: Lecture 5, Pg 11

A student throws a ball off a cliff. When the ball
leaves the student's hand it is traveling with a speed
of 23 m/s, and the vertical component of the balls
velocity is 18 m/s. The ball hits the ground after 4.2
seconds.

What height h was the ball thrown

from?

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3. Grey’s Anatomy
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 January Madness:
Which show do you prefer?

(a) 2. Big Bang Theory

(b) 3. Grey’s Anatomy
(c) Don’t know these shows very well
(d) I’m indifferent

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 January Madness:
Which show do you prefer?

(a) 1. Friends
(b) 4. Full House
(c) Don’t know these shows very well
(d) I’m indifferent

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 Clicker Question 5:

Two balls are launched at the same time. The balls follow
the paths below. Which ball is in the air the longest?

(A) Ball A
(B) Ball B
(C) They are in the air the same amount of time
(D) Not enough information

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 Student Responses
§ Correct: Ball A has a bigger Vertical velocity component than Ball B as can be
observed by its maximum height in comparison with ball B. This is an important
detail because the amount of time spent in each ball's trajectory depends on the
amount of time taken for each to return back to 0 on the vertical scale. Ball A,
therefore, takes longer because it takes longer for its vertical velocity component
to change to the downwards direction and actually reach 0 on the vertical scale.
§ Correct: The initial vertical velocity of ball A is greater than that of ball B. The
acceleration for both ball is the same. According to the equation Vf=V0+at, it
takes more time for ball A to reach the top when Vf is 0m/s and therefore more
time to fall to the same level.
§ Incorrect: I used the equation for the horizontal component of projectile motion,
xf = x0 +v0([delta]t). Both objects start at the same initial position and with the
same initial velocity. As a result, only the final position has an impact on the time.
Since xf and t have a direct relationship, a greater xf means a longer time spent
in the air.
§ Incorrect: Although ball B travels farther than ball A, ball A has addition air time
because of it reaching a higher maximum height. This air time cancels out with
the addition time from traveling farther, meaning they both have the same
amount of airtime.
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 Clicker Question 6:
Eddy throws a little sand bag so that it lands on the top of a
vertical post that is 4 m high. The post is 1.3 m away from
Eddy. He releases the bag from a height of 1.5 m above the
ground, as shown in the figure. The initial speed of the bag is v
= 7.5 m/s, the angle, θ, between the velocity and the horizontal
is θ = 80°. You can neglect the friction due to the air. How long
does the sand bag stay in the air?

(a) t = 0.7 s
(b) t = 1.0 s
(c) t = 2.5 s

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Eddy throws a little sand bag so that it lands on the
top of a vertical post that is 4 m high. The post is 1.3
m away from Eddy. He releases the bag from a
height of 1.5 m above the ground, as shown in the
figure. The initial speed of the bag is v = 7.5 m/s, the
angle, θ, between the velocity and the horizontal is θ
= 80°. You can neglect the friction due to the air.
How long does the sand bag stay in the air?

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 Clicker Question 7:
Eddy throws a little sand bag so that it lands on the top of a vertical
post that is 4 m high. The post is 1.3 m away from Eddy. He releases
the bag from a height of 1.5 m above the ground, as shown in the
figure. The initial speed of the bag is v = 7.5 m/s, the angle, θ,
between the velocity and the horizontal is θ = 80°. You can neglect
the friction due to the air. What is the speed of the bag just before it
lands on the top of the post?

(a) 0.0 m/s

(b) 0.3 m/s
(c) 1.9 m/s
(d) 2.4 m/s
(e) 2.7 m/s

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Eddy throws a little sand bag so that it lands on the
top of a vertical post that is 4 m high. The post is 1.3
m away from Eddy. He releases the bag from a
height of 1.5 m above the ground, as shown in the
figure. The initial speed of the bag is v = 7.5 m/s, the
angle, θ, between the velocity and the horizontal is θ
= 80°. You can neglect the friction due to the air.
What is the speed of the bag just before it lands on
the top of the post?

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