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ACHIEVERS 2.0
Motion in a Plane Revision DPP - 01

Short Answer II (SA II) (3 Marks Each) 7. A fighter plane is flying horizontally at an altitude
1. Define of 1.5 km with speed 720 km/h. At what angle of
(i) Projectile sight (w.r.t. horizontal) when the target is seen,
(ii) Angle of projection should the pilot drop the bomb in order to attack the
(iii) Velocity of projection target?

2. Derive an expression of range of projectile.
Derive an expression for maximum height of
projectile.
Derive an expression Time of Flight of projectile.
3. A body is projected with a velocity of 40 m/s at an
angle of 60° with the horizontal. Find (i) the time
taken by the projectile to attain he maximum height
(ii) the time of flight of the projectile (iii) the
maximum height attained by the projectile
Long Answer (LA) (4 Marks Each)
4. Show that range of projectile is same for
complementary angles.
5. A gun fires two bullets at 600 and 300 with the
horizontal. The bullets strikes at some horizontal
distance. The ratio of maximum heights for the two
bullets is in the ratio:
6. The horizontal range of a projectile fired at an angle
of 15° is 50 m. If it is fired with the same speed at
an angle of 45°, its range will be
(A) 60 m (B) 71m
(C) 100 m (D) 141m
8. Show that there are two values of time for which a
projectile is at the same height. Also show that the
sum of these two times is equal to the time of flight.
9. A projectile has a range of 50 m and reaches a
maximum height of 10 m. Calculate the angle at
which the projectile is fired.
10. Two projectiles are thrown with different velocities
and at different angles so as to cover the same
maximum height. Show that the sum of the times
taken by each to reach the highest point is equal to
the total time taken by either of the projectiles.
11. A particle is projected over a triangle from one end
of a horizontal base and grazing the vertex falls on
the other end of the base. If α and β be the base
angles and θ the angle of projection, prove that tan
θ = tan α + tan β.
12. A hiker stands on the edge of a cliff 490 m above the
ground and throws a stone horizontally with an
initial speed of 15 ms–1. Neglecting air resistance,
find the time taken by the stone to reach the ground,
and the speed with-which it hits the ground.
(Take g = 9.8 ms–2) [NCERT]
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Answer Key
1. (See Hints and Solutions) 7. (See Hints and Solutions)
2. (See Hints and Solutions) 8. (See Hints and Solutions)
3. (See Hints and Solutions) 9. (See Hints and Solutions)
4. (See Hints and Solutions) 10. (See Hints and Solutions)
5. (See Hints and Solutions) 11. (See Hints and Solutions)
6. (C) 12. (See Hints and Solutions)
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Hints and Solutions

1. (i) A projectile is any object that is cast, fired, flung,
heaved, hurled, pitched, tossed, or thrown.
(ii) The angle of projection for which the maximum
height of the projectile is equal to the horizontal
range has to be determined. Let the required
angle of projection be A and object is projected
at V m/s.
(iii) A body can be projected in two ways: Horizontal
projection-When the body is given an initial
velocity in the horizontal direction only.
Angular projection-When the body is thrown
with an initial velocity at an angle to the
horizontal direction.
4. show that for two complementary angles of
projection of a projectile thrown with thw same
velocity. the horizontal ranges are equal. The range is
maximum when sin2θ is maximum. So, for two
angles, θ and 90 – θ the range of the projectile will be
same.
5. Maximum height H = u2 sin2 θ/2g
as they at same horizontal distance and their angle of
projection are complementary angle so they should
have same velocity. (off course, they have been fired
from same gun)
So ratio of maximum height sin2 60°/sin2 30° = 3/1

6. (C)
2. Let a project move with a velocity u which is inclined The horizontal range of projectile fixed at an angle =
with the horizontal at angle of θ. The velocity after 15°
time ‘t’ will be Range = 50 m
v v xiˆ vy ˆj In dirst case range = 50 = u2/g(sin 2 × 15°)
2
v u cos iˆ (u sin gt ) ˆj 50
2g
(Since: vy = u sin θ – gt)
At maximum height the projectile will only have u2
100
horizontal component that is g
vx = u cos θ
u2
v 2y u 2y 2ay In 2nd case range =
g (sin 2 45 )
v = 0 (at max height H) 100
uy = u sin θ ( sin 90 1) = 100 m
1
ay = – gh
Putting these values,
0 = (u sin θ)2 – 2gH 2s
7. Time and flight t ,a g
2 2 a
u sin
H 2 1500 m
2g Than H vt 720 km/h ×
Consider a projectile fired with velocity V at an angle 9.8m/sec2
θ with horizontal. = 3.5 km
1 2 1.5
From equations of motion we write y ut at tan km .428
2 3.5
Here, final displacement in y direction = 0 tan 1 .428 23.27
1
O V sin .t gt 2 23 4'
2
2V
2V sin gt or t sin Time of flight.
g

3. Subjective
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8. From figure, uy = u sin θ ay = –g u22 sin 2

H2 2
1
y-direction: S y u y t a yt 2 2g
2
but H1 H 2
gt 2 u1 sin 1 u2 sin 2 …(1)
h (u sin )t
2
Times of flight for the two projectile are
2u 2h
t2 sin t 0 ….(i) T1
2u1 sin 1
g g g
Equation (i) has two roots t1 and t2, thus there are two 2u2 sin 2
values of time for which a projectile s at the same T2
g
height.
b 2u sin Making use of equation (1) we get
Sum of roots of (1) t1 t2 T (Time 2u1 sin 1 2u2 sin 2
a g T1 T2
of flight) g g
Times taken to reach the height point in the two cases
will be,
u sin 1
t1 1 and
g
u2 sin 2
t2
9. Range and maximum height of projectile g
Let u be the initial velocity of projection and θ be the So, t1 t2 = time of flight of either projectile
angle of the projectile.
u 2 sin 2
Range of the projectile R ….(1)
g y y
2 2
11. tan tan
u sin x
R x
Maximum height of the projectile H ..(2)
2g yR
tan tan …(i)
Angle of projectile calculation. x( R x )
Dividing equation (2) by (1) Equation of trajectory is
H sin 2 sin 2 tan y x tan 1
X
R 2sin 2 4sin cos 4 R
10 tan yR
or tan …(ii)
50 4 x( R x )
4 From Eqs. (i) and (ii), we have
tan 1
5 tan tan tan

12. Motion of stone may be considered as the super

position of the two independent sources given
horizontal with constant velocity u = 15 m/s
vertices motion with constant acceleration
a = g = 9.8 m/s2
10. If the two projectiles are thrown with velocities u1 Let h be the height of the cliff above ground
and u2 at angles θ1 and θ2 with horizontal, then their Let uv be the vertical component of velocity of
maximum height will be projection of the stone. If the stone hits the ground
1 2
u12 sin 2 1 after 1 second of projection the h uv t gt
H1 2
2g
the stone is thrown horizontally vertical component
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1 2 2h The horizontal component of velocity Vx with which

h 0 gt t the hits the ground it remain constant because there is
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no acceleration is horizontal direction.
This gives time for stone to reach ground
Vx ux 15m/s
t 10
Let V4 be the vertical component of velocity of stone final speed of stone
when it hots the ground then V Vx2 V y2 152 982
v 2y u 2y 2 gh
9829 99.14m/s
v 2y 9604 Vy 9604 speed with which the stone hits the ground is 99.4 m/s
= 98 m/s

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