PHYS 100

Projectile
Revision Sheet

Ex. I
A projectile is shot from the edge of a cliff 115 m above ground level with an initial speed of
65 m/s at an angle of 35.0° with the horizontal, as shown in the figure.
a) Determine the time taken by the projectile to hit
point P at ground level.
b) Determine the distance X of point P from the base
of the vertical cliff.
c) At the instant just before the projectile hits point
P, find:
i) The horizontal and the vertical components of
its velocity.
ii) The magnitude of the velocity.
iii) The angle made by the velocity vector with
the horizontal.
d) Find the maximum height above the cliff top
reached by the projectile.

Ex. II
a) A long jumper leaves the ground at 45° above the horizontal and lands 8.0 m away.
Show that her “takeoff” speed is v0 = 4.36 m/s.
b) Now she is out on a hike and comes to the left bank of a river. There is no bridge and
the right bank is 10.0 m away horizontally and 2.5 m vertically below. If she long
jumps from the edge of the left bank at 45° with the speed calculated in (a), how
long, or short, of the opposite bank will she land?
c) What
Ex. III
A projectile is launched from ground level to the top
of a cliff which is 195 m away and 135 m high. By
neglecting air resistance, if the projectile lands on
top of the cliff 6.6 s after it is fired:
a) Show that the initial velocity is: v0 ≅ 60.5 m/s.
b) Show that the launch angle is: 𝜃𝜃 ≅ 60.77𝑜𝑜
c) Find the maximum height reached by the projectile.
d) Find the velocity of the projectile and its’ direction
as it strikes the top of the cliff.

Ex. IV
A grasshopper leaps into the air from the edge of a vertical cliff, as
shown in the figure. Use information from the figure to:
a) Show that the initial speed of the grasshopper is v0 = 12.8 m/s.
b) Find the height of the cliff.
c) Find the velocity of grasshopper and its direction as it strikes the
ground.

Ex. V
Look Out! A snowball rolls off a barn roof that slopes downward at an angle
of 40o. The edge of the roof is 14.0 m above the ground, and the snowball has
a speed of 7 m/s as it rolls off the roof. Ignore air resistance.
a) How far from the edge of the barn does the snowball strike the ground if it
doesn’t strike anything else while falling?
b) Draw x-t, y-t, and graphs for the motion in part (a).
c) A man 1.9 m tall is standing 4.0 m from the edge of the barn. Will he be hit
by the snowball?
Ex. VI
A 76.0-kg boulder is rolling horizontally at the top of a vertical cliff that is 20 m above the surface
of a lake, as shown in the figure. The top of the vertical face of a dam is located 100 m from the
foot of the cliff, with the top of the dam level with the surface of the water in the lake. A level
plain is 25 m below the top of the dam. (a) What must be the minimum speed of the rock just as it
leaves the cliff so it will travel to the plain without striking the dam? (b) How far from the foot of
the dam does the rock hit the plain?

Ex. VII
Leaping the River II. A physics professor did daredevil
stunts in his spare time. His last stunt was an attempt to jump
across a river on a motorcycle. The takeoff ramp was
inclined at 53o, the river was 40.0 m wide, and the far bank
was 15.0 m lower than the top of the ramp. The river itself
was 100 m below the ramp. You can 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?

Ex. VIII
In the figure below, a ball is thrown up onto a roof, landing
4s later at height h= 20 m above the release level. The initial
launching angle is θo= 65o.
a) Verify that the velocity of launching v0 = 27.14 m/s.
b) Calculate the horizontal distance d.
c) Calculate the maximum height reached.
d) With which speed does the ball hit the roof?