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Tests reveal that a normal driver takes about before he or she A hunter fired on a bird lurking on the top

n the top of a tree at an angle of


can react to a situation to avoid a collision. It takes about 3 s for 45° with the horizontal but narrowly misses his target by some
a driver having 0.1% alcohol in his system to do the same. If tens of centimeters. At the instant the bullet is approaching and
such drivers are traveling on a straight road at 30 mph (44 ) is at the same height as its position, the bird incidentally flew
and their cars can decelerate at , determine the shortest horizontally to the right in the vertical plane of the projectile.
stopping distance d for each from the moment they see the Take the level of the tip of the rifle to be 1.5 m above the ground.
pedestrians. Moral: If you must drink, please don’t drive!

Show that the girl at A can throw the ball to the boy at B by
launching it at equal angles measured up or down from a 45°
inclination. If vA = 10 m>s, determine the range R if this value is
15°, i.e., u1 = 45° − 15° = 30° and u2 = 45° + 15° = 60°.
Assume the ball is caught at the same elevation from which it
is thrown.
Determine the horizontal velocity of a tennis ball at A so that it just
clears the net at B.Also, find the distance s w here the ball strikes the
ground.

The snow mobile is traveling at 10 m>s w hen it leaves the embankment


at A. Determine the time of FLight from A to B and the range R of the
trajectory.

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