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Mathematical problem-solving ‘+ Hundreds of problem-solving questions, fully integrated into the main exercises + Problem-solving boxes provide tips and strategies + Challenge questions provide extra stretch 3. Transferable skills Interpret results ‘The Mathematical Problem-Solving Cycle ¢ specify the problem } a) + Transferable skills are embedded throughout this book, in the exercises and in some examples + These skills are signposted to show students which skills they are using and developing Finding your way around the book Each chapter starts with a lst of Learing objectives The Per knowledge check helps make sure you are ready to start the rapt Glossary torms wil beidentited by bold blue text on te fist appearance. om ai th) ea RSS) Each chapters mapped tothe specification content for eas) ‘lorenee “The real world applications of the math you are about to lea ‘af highlighted athe start ofthe chapter.PUL L4 Probiem-soivng boxes| provide hits, pe ans Satogies, and Water fut boxes highlight ‘reas where students often ae marks in ther exams ‘Slop by sep worked ‘xamples focus on the key types of questions yout need to tackle $a thy increase in ificuty and gradually ‘ring you up to exam stands iocices are packed with examesila ‘Questions io ensize you ‘78 ready forthe exams Each section begin with explanation and kay learning pots [cratenge boxes give you a chance to tackle [some more dct Jquostons Exam-style questions are flagged with ee Tansferble sks we Problem-solving sonposted where Questions are flagged Each canter ends witha Chapterrowew] they naturally cont with © and a Summary of key points cueeecenas Alter every tow chapias,« Review wrercise eles you consoidate your earing wth —— Ibi of xam-sle questions Exam practice Mathematics Intemetional Advanced Subsiiary/ Advanced Level Mechanics 2, Review exercise “Atul practice paper atthe back of ‘ne book helps you prepare for the realthingPe UP UD Poss ay QUALIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT OVERVIEW Qualification and content overview Mechanics 2 (M2) is 2 optional unit in the following qualifications: International Advanced Subsidiary in Mathematics International Advanced Subsidiary in Further Mathematics International Advanced Level in Mathematics International Advanced Level in Further Mathematics Assessment overview The following table gives an overview of the assessment for this unit. We recommend that you study this information closely to help ensure that you are fully prepared for this course and know exactly what to expect in the assessment, [Percentage | Mark | Time availability ‘M2: Mechanics 2 Ba}mofias —|75 | Thour3Omins | January. June and October Papercode WMEO2/01 | 16224 of AL Fist assessment June 2019 IAS: International Advanced Subsidiary, IAL: International Advanced A Level Assessment objectives and weightings imum eet ren Recall select and use theirknowledge of mathematical facts concepts and techniques in ws variety of contexts. oo Construct rigorous mathematical arguments and proofs through use of precee statements, nog | lobes deduction and inference and by the manipulation of mathematical expressions, sons including the construction of extended arguments for handling substantial problems presented in unstructured form. Recall select and use their knowledge of standard mathematical models to represent os | situations in the real work recognise and understand given representations involving on standard models: present and interpret rests rom such models in terms ofthe original situation, incioding discussion of the assumptions made and refinement of such models. omprehend translations of common realistic contexts into mathematics; use the results of ‘04 | calultions to make predictions, or comment on the cantext and where appropiate, read % crticallyand comprehend longer mathematical arguments or examples of applications Use contemporary calculator technology and athe: permitted resoures (such as formulae 05. | booklets or statistical tables) accurately and eficently; understand when not to use such eo technology. and its imitation. Give answers to appropriate accuracy.Cee EWE ssa eM) eid Relationship of assessment objectives to units es oo Marks out of 75 20-25 20-25 10-15 72 5-10 % 2633} 26a Bho he ea3 Calculators Students may use a calculator in assessments for these qualifications, Centres are responsible for making sure that calculators used by their students meet the requirements given in the table below. Students are expected to have available a calculator with at least the following keys ~ x, ve, 4.2%, n.x,e', x sine, cosine and tangent and their inverses in degrees and decimals of a degree, and in radians; memory Prohibitions Calculators with any of the following facilities are prohibited in all examinations: + databanks + retrieval of text or formulae + built-in symbolic algebra manipulations + symbolic differentiation and/or integration + language translators + communication with other machines or the internetUe @ Extra online content Whenever you see an Online box, it means that there is extra online content available to support you. SolutionBank SolutionBank provides worked solutions for questions in the book, Download all the solutions as a PDF or quickly find the solution you need online, Use of technology Explore topics in more detail, visualise problems and consolidate your understanding. Use pre-made GeoGebra activities or Casio resources for a graphic calculator. 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Finding the value of the first derivative to access the function pes: Gav) ©) Gat) © \ \ EEL work out each coefficient quickly using B Step-by-step guide with audio instructions Con exactly which buttons to press and what should appear on your caleulator’s screenPROJECTILES ora + completing this chapter you should be able to: constant acceleration formula problems involving vertical motion under gravity solve © Model mo under gravity for an object projected horizontally © Resolve velocity in omponents. ‘© Solve problems involving part © Derive the form ight, rang height, and the n of the path of a proje ally upwards from a point P with speed led as a particle moving freely under gravity. Prior knowledge check de a ll A small ball is project 15ms*. The ball is mod Find: athe maximum height of the ball b the time taken for the ball to return to P. Use the diagram to write ex 's for x and y in terms of v and @, «International GCSE Mathemat A particle moving in a vertical plane under the action of gravity is sometimes called a projectile. You can Use projectile motior to model the flight of a basketballPa ae Gazal) @ Horizontal projection You can model the motion of a projectile as a particle being acted on by a single force, gravity. In this model you ignore the effects of air resistance and any rotational movement (ie. spinning) on the particle. You can analyse the motion of a projectile by considering its horizontal motion and its vertical motion separately. Because gravity acts vertically downwards, there is ne force acting on the particle in the horizontal direction. = The horizontal motion of a projectile is modelled See ETE as having constant velocity (a= 0). acceleration formulae for the vertical You can use the formula motion of a projectile: =m. The force due to gravity is modelled as being constant, aa 1 so the vertical acceleration is constant. 5-424) seus dart w+ 2a5 = The vertical motion of a projectile is modelled as having constant acceleration due to gravity (a =. ‘€ Mechanics 1 Section 2.5, Use g = 9.8m s-? unless the question specifies a different value. GEES) EID morro (ed horizontally at 25 ms“ from a point 78.4 metres above a horizontal surface. a the time taken by the particle to reach the surface b the horizontal distance travelled in that time. 25ms" 784m 15 Sede itil horizontal velocity ty, is the initial vertical velocity. Projected horizontally, R(->), Taking the downward directionPROJECTILES Carn (lanes aR se ut + Sar? BA, a= 9.8, 784 =04)x 98x08 784 = 490 DRO) w= 2552x024 sev so x= 100m A particle is projected horizontally with a velocity of 15 ms-!, Find: a the horizontal and vertical components of the displacement of the particle from the point of projection after 3 seconds the distance of the particle from the point of projection after 3 seconds. a ES a 123s Projected horizontally, ue = 15 Taking the downward direction 25 positive, Ril) =O a RW. W=0.s=y%a=98023 44.1 oe 396981 630m si)Cae) PROJECTILES ex) A particle is projected horizontally with a speed of Um from a point 122.5m above a horizontal plane. The particle hits the plane at a point which is at a horizontal distance of 90m from the starting point. Find the initial speed of the particle, ums" 122.5m = Projected horlaontally. R(—) es Taking the downward direction Many projectile problems can be solved by first as positive, Ril), 4 Using the vertical motion to find the total time RW), $= 1225,a=98,1=? rien t+ Sar? 3x98xe Exe (A) Ex 1A particle is projected horizontally at 20ms™ from a point fr metres above horizontal ground. It lands on the ground 5 seconds later. Find: a the value of b the horizontal distance travelled between the time the particle is projected and the time it hits the ground 2. A particle is projected horizontally with a velocity of 18 ms~!, Find: a the horizontal and vertical components of the displacement of the particle from the point of projection after 2 seconds b the distance of the particle from the point of projection after 2 seconds, 3A particle is projected horizontally with a speed of Um“! from a point 160m above a horizontal plane. The particle hits the plane at a point which is at a horizontal distance of 95m from the point of projection. Find the initial speed of the particle. 4A particle is projected horizontally from a point A which is 16m above horizontal ground ‘The particle strikes the ground at a point B which is at a horizontal distance of 140m from 4. Find the speed of projection of the particle,PROJECTILES Carn ® 5 A particle is projected horizontally with velocity 20ms-! along a flat smooth table-top from a point 2m from the table edge. The particle then leaves the table-top which is at a height of 1.2m from the floor. Work out the total time taken for the particle to travel from the point of projection until it lands on the floor. © 6 A darts player throws darts at a dartboard which hangs vertically. The motion of a dart is modelled as that of a particle moving freely under gravity. The darts move in a vertical plane which is perpendicular to the plane of the dartboard. A dart is thrown horizontally with an initial velocity of 14msr It hits the dartboard at a point which is 9cm below the level from which it was thrown, Find the horizontal distance from the point where the dart was thrown to the dartboard. (marks) 7 A particle of mass 2.5 kg is projected along a horizontal rough surface with a velocity of Sms“. After travelling a distance of 2m the ball leaves the rough surface as a projectile and lands on the ground which is 1.2m vertically below. Given that the total time taken for the ball to travel from the initial point of projection to the point when it lands is 1.0 seconds, find: o (4 marks) a the time for which the particle is in contact with the sui b the coefficient of friction between the particle and the surface (6 marks) ¢ the horizontal distance travelled from the point of projection to the point where the particle hits the ground. (3 marks) ©) Horizontal and vertical components Suppose a particle is projected with initial velocity U, u at an angle a above the horizontal. The angle a is called the angle of projection You can resolve the velocity into components that act horizontally and vertically: This isthe same technique 25 yOu use to resolve fares into components + Mechanis 3 Section 5.4 cosa so w= Ucosa sina=7) 4 =Usina G3 w= Usin ® When a particle is projected with initial velocity U, at an angle @ above the horizontal: + The horizontal component of the initial velocity is Ucos a + The vertical component of the initial velocity is Usin a.Cae) PROJECTILES rene A particle is projected from a point on a horizontal plane with an initial velocity of 40m s at an angle a above the horizontal, where tana = 3. a Find the horizontal and vertical components of the initial velocity Given that the vectors { and j are unit vectors acting in a plane, horizontally and vertically respectively, b express the initial velocity as a vector in terms of i and j. Greer ‘When you are given a value for tan a, you can find the values of cos and sin a without working, 3 _opp adj’ so sketch a right-angled triangle with a opposite side =3 and adjacent side = 4 out the value of a. Here tan R(T), w= usina = 40 x2 = 24mst — 20--: + [i ex) A particle is projected with velocity U = (3i + 5j) ms~!, where i and j are the unit vectors in the horizontal and vertical directions respectively. Find the initial speed of the particle and its angle of projection. a a (BPE SP = BA ms Speed, |U| tan a= $ a= 590° G si) britial speed is (34 ms“! and the particle is projected at an angle of 590° above the horizantalPROJECTILES Pata vance In this exercise, i and j are unit vectors acting in a vertical plane, horizontally and vertically respectively. 1A particle is projected from a point on a horizontal plane with an initial velocity of 25ms"! at an angle of 40° above the horizontal, a Find the horizontal and vertical components of the initial velocity. b Express the initial velocity as a vector in the form (pi + qj) ms! 2. A particle is projected from a cliff top with an initial velocity of 18 ms“! at an angle of 20° below the horizontal. 1 Find the horizontal and vertical components of the initial velocity bb Express the initial velocity as a vector in the form (pi + gj) ms! 3A particle is projected from a point on level ground with an initial velocity of 35m s at an angle a above the horizontal, where tan a = 73 a Find the horizontal and vertical components of the initial velocity b Express the initial velocity as a vector in terms of i and j 4A particle is projected from the top of a building with an initial velocity of 28m at an angle @ below the horizontal, where tan @ = 4 a Find the horizontal and vertical components of the initial velocity, iandj b Express the initial velocity as a vector in terms o} 5 A particle is projected with initial velocity U = (61 + 9) ms" Find the initial speed of the particle and its angle of projection, 6 A particle is projected with initial velocity U = (4i- Sj) ms" Find the initial speed of the particle and its angle of projection, ® 7 A particle is projected with initial velocity U = (3ki + 24) ms a Find the angle of projection. Given the initial speed is 3/13 ms“, b find the value of &Cae) ® Projection at any angle You can solve problems involving particles projecte at any angle by resolving the initial velocity into horizontal and vertical components. The distance from the point where the particle was projected to the point where it strikes the horizontal plane is called the range. The time the particle takes to move from its, point of projection to the point where it strikes the horizontal plane is called the time of flight of PROJECTILES d > Range > the particle. = A projectile reaches its point of greatest height when the vertical component of its velocity is equal to 0. EXD rnsione A particle P is projected from a point 0 on a horizontal plane with speed 28 ms“ and with angle of elevation 30°. After projection, the particle moves freely under gravity until it strikes the plane at a point A. Find: a the greatest height above the plane reached by Pb the time of flight of Pe the distance O4. Resolving the velocity of projection horizontally and vertically: RIA}, = 28.c0 30° RO), my = 28sin30" 24.248, 4 a Taking the upward dir RD, u=14, 1 -2x9Bxs 1a x98 ~ 10 The greatest height above the plane reached by Ps 10m, bRO. s=Gu=t seus tae O= 1a 490 = 14-429 SLi, CC © oF Th = 2.657, The time of fight is 2.95 (2 5.) © R(), distance = speed x time = 26 cov 30" x 69.262... 2.857. CansPROJECTILES Carn A particle is projected from a point O with speed Vms~! and at an angle of elevation of 8, where tang =}. The point 0 is 42.5m above a horizontal plane. The particle strikes the plane at a point 4, Ss after itis projected. a Show that = 20, Find the distance between O and A. Vas 42.50 _—————s) Resolving the velocity of projection horizontally and vertically Rin), m= Veosd= 3 RID, ty = Vsind = 4 Tobing the upward direction as positive: Rit, 9-425, u= 8K ge -28,0 ss ut + jar $Vx5-49x 25 49 x 25 - 425 = 80 2 = 20, as required. he horizontal distance moved be xm: , distance = speed x time x=iVx5=3v-co——4 Using Pythagoras! Theorem: OA? = 42.52 + 60? = 5406.25 OA = (5406.25 = 73.527. The distance between O and 4 is 74m, to 2 significant figures. A particle is projected from a point O with speed 35 ms~! at an angle of elevation of 30°, ‘The particle moves freely under gravity. Find the length of time for which the particle is 15 m or more above O.a Gazal) 2505 ee LAN Ri) y= 35330" = 175 525, 75.0 Bre? ssur+ dare 15 = 1750-491 492 — 1751415 =0 Multiplying by 10: 498 ~ 1750+ 150 (t= 10°71 - 15) s8 O713 (2 af) The particle is 15m or more above O for 0715 (2 sf), A bull is struck by a racket at a point A which is 2m iisapmet above horizontal ground. Immediately after being struck, the ball has velocity (Si + §))ms, where i and j are unit vectors horizontally and vertically respectively. After being struck, the bal travels, freely under gravity until it strikes the ground at ah ‘a the point B, as shown in the diagram. T Find: e the greatest height above the ground reached by the ball i the speed of the ball as it reaches B € the angle the velocity of the ball makes with the ground as the ball reaches B. ‘2 Taking the upward direction 29 positive: u28v=0,a=-98, 2 + 2as &-2x98xs G4 St = 3.265, The greatest height above the ground reached by the ball is 2 + 3.265... = 5.3m, to 2 significant Figur.PROJECTILES Carn b The horizontal component of the velocity of the ball at Bis Sms" The vertical component of the velocity of the ball at Bis given by: RID, s=-2.u0 aul + 20s BF +2 x (-98) x (-2) = 1082 The speed at B is given by: 58 4103.2 = 126.2 vi282 The speed of the ball 28 it reaches Bis tims", to 2 significant Figures. © The angle is given by: tana = 103.2 92 64° (2 51) The angle the velocity of the ball makes with the ground 26 the ball reaches Bis 64°, to the nearest degree. ES) ELD voor sours In this exercise, {and j are unit vectors acting in a vertical plane, horizontally and vertically respectively. Whenever a numerical value of g is required, take g = 9.8ms7 unless otherwise stated. 1A particle is projected with speed 35m“! at an angle of elevation of 60°. Find the time the particle takes to reach its greatest height. 2A ball is projected from a point Sm above horizontal ground with speed 18ms~! at an angle of elevation of 40°, Find the height of the ball above the ground 2s after projection. 3A stone is projected from a point above horizontal ground with speed 32ms~!, at an angle of, 10° below the horizontal, The stone takes 2.5 to reach the ground. Find: a the height of the point of projection above the ground }b the distance from the point on the ground vertically below the point of projection to the point where the stone reaches the ground, 4/A projectile is launched from a point on horizontal ground with speed 150m! at an angle of 10° above the horizontal. Find: a the time the projectile takes to reach its highest point above the ground the range of the projectile.a aia Gazal) 5 A particle is projected from a point 0 on a horizontal plane with speed 20m at an angle of elevation of 45°. The particle moves freely under gravity until it strikes the ground at a point X. Find: a the greatest height above the plane reached by the particle bb the distance OX. ® 6 Aballis projected froma point 4 on level ground with speed 24m, The bal s projected at an angle 6 to the horizontal where sin the ground at a point B. Find: athe time of flight of the ball b the distance from 4 to B. The ball moves freely under gravity until it strikes ® 7 A particle is projected with speed 21 ms-! at an angle of elevation a. Given that the greatest hight reached above the point of projection is 15m, find the value of a, giving your answer to the nearest degree. 8 A particle P is projected from the origin with velocity (124 + 24)) ms-!, where i and j are horizontal and vertical unit vectors respectively. The particle moves freely under gravity. Find: a the position vector of P after 3 b the speed of Pafter 3 ® 9 Astone is thrown with speed 30m"! from a window which is 20 m above horizontal ground. ‘The stone hits the ground 3.5 later. Find: a the angle of projection of the stone the horizontal distance from the window to the point where the stone hits the ground, A ball is thrown from a point 0 on horizontal ground with speed Um stat an angle of elevation of 0, where tan 9 =. The ball strikes a vertical wall which is 20m from O at a point which is 3m above the ground. Find: a the value of U (marks) bb the time from the instant the ball is thrown to the instant that it strikes the wall. (2 marks) 11 A particle P is projected from a point 4 y with position vector 20jm with respect to a fixed origin Q, The velocity of projection is (Sui + 4uj)m s" 4 ‘The particle moves freely under gravity, passing through a point B, which has position vector (ki + 12})m, where kis 20m a constant, before reaching the point C on the x-axis, as shown in the diagram. (Sui+ 4upmsPROJECTILES Carn ‘The particle takes 4s to move from A to B. Find: fa the value of u (4marks) b the value of k (2.marks) € the angle the velocity of P makes with the x-axis as it reaches C. (6 marks) CEEEEDD when finding a square oot involving use of ¢=9.8ms-*to work out an answer, an exact surd (irational number) answer is not acceptable. A stone is thrown from a point 4 with speed 30ms* at an angle of 15° below the horizontal ‘The point A is 14m above horizontal ground. is ‘The stone strikes the ground at the point B, 3oms* as shown in the diagram, Find: fa the time the stone takes to travel from A to B (6 marks) b the distance AB. (marks) lm A particle is projected from a point on level ground with speed Um s and angle of elevation a. ‘The maximum height reached by the particle is 42m above the ground and the particle hits the ground 196m from its point of projection, Find the value of a and the value of U, ( marks) In this question use g = 10m Ums! An object is projected with speed Um" from a point A at the top of a vertical building. ‘The point 4 is 25m above the ground. ‘The object is projected at an angle « above the horizontal, where tan a = 3. The object hits the ground at the point B, whieh is at a horizontal distance of 42m from the foot 2m of the building, as shown in the diagram. ‘The object is modelled as a particle moving freely under gravity. 7 Find: —ar a the value of U (6 marks) b the time taken by the object to travel from 4 to B (2.marks) € the speed of the object when it is 12.4m above the ground, giving your answer to 2 significant figures. (S marks)a aia Gazal) 15 An object is projected from a fixed origin O with velocity (4i + 5j)ms~!, The particle moves, freely under gravity and passes through the point P with position vector k(i j)m, where k is a positive constant. a Find the value of k. (6 marks) b Find: i_ the speed of the object at the instant when it passes through P ii the direction of motion of the object at the instant when it passes through P. (7 marks) ‘A basketball player is standing on the floor 10m from the basket. The height of the basket is 3.05 m, and he shoots the ball from a height of 2m, at an angle of 40° above the horizontal. ‘The basketball can be modelled as a particle moving in a vertical plane. Given that the ball passes through the basket, a find the speed with which the basketball is thrown, (6 marks) b State two factors that can be ignored by modelling the basketball as a particle. (2 marks) Cs A vertical tower is 851m high. stone is projected at a speed of 20ms-! from the top of a tower at an angle ofc below the horizontal. At the same time, a second stone is projected horizontally at a speed of 12ms7 froma window in the tower 45 m above the ground. Given that the two stones move freely under gravity in the same vertical plane, and that they collide in mid-air, how that the time that elapses between the moment they are projected and the moment they collide is25s. © Projectile motion formulae You need to be able to derive general formulae related to the motion of a particle which is projected from a point on a horizontal plane and moves freely under gravity. wn A particle is projected from a point on a horizontal v plane with an initial velocity U, at an angle « above the horizontal, and moves freely under gravity until it hits the plane at point B. Given that the acceleration due to gravity is g find expressions for: ‘a the time of flight, 7 ° ® b the range, R, on the horizontal plane.PROJECTILES Carn Taking the upward direction as positive and resolving the velocity of projection: Ry Rok a, Usina 4, = Ucosar ‘@ Considering vertical motion: Ri, w= Using, 5 = 0, ssut+ ta = Wsinait- o=1{Usna-£ either T= O {at A) or Usina - & 5 r= 2Uaina : Sy iis Condiieds : Cf ionballnction Follow the same steps as you would if you were : given values of U and a and asked to Find the Be time of fight and the range. The answer will be an algebraic expression in terms of Uand a instead ofa numerical value n= Ucosa,s = Rt=T 2Usina R UcosaxT — using 2Using _ 2. sine Using 2sina cosa = sin 2a. R= Ucosa x in 2a R CEELED is usaty lett as. eter inthe formulae for projectile motion. Example @) A particle is projected from a point with speed U at an angle of elevation a and moves freely under gravity. When the particle has moved a horizontal distance x, its height above the point of projection is y a Show that j ee 2 xtana~5 5 (1+ tana), A particle is projected from a point 0 on a horizontal plane, with speed 28m“ at an angle of elevation a. The particle passes through a point B, which is at a horizontal distance of 32m from O and at a height of 8m above the plane.a Gazal) b Find the two possible values of «, giving your answers to the nearest degree. é o aR), m= Ueosa RD, y= Using For the horizontal motion RO, sem xeucosa xt Oo For the vertical motion, taking upward as positive Ri, sur Sar? y= Usinaxe c | Rearranging (W) to make f the subject of the formula 7 @ Substituting (8) into (2): y= Usina x Using tana yore 2 Using secta = 1b b Using the result in a with U = 28, x y=6 and g=96 8 = 32tana ~ GU! + tan?a) Rearranging 29 a quadratic in tana: GAtarta~ 32tana + 14.4 =O) tanta ~ 20tana +9 =O (2tana — Ni2tana~ 9) =O 22, tmanh? a= 27° and 77%, to the nearest degreePROJECTILES Carn For a particle which is projected from a point on Cer a horizontal plane with an initial velocity Uat an angle a above the horizontal, and that moves You need to know how to derive the equations. But be careful of using them in projectile problems. They freely under gravity: are hard to memorise, and it is usually Ti ight = 2Usina safer to answer projectile problems using Time of fight = the techniques covered in Section 1.3. + Time to reach greatest height = ome + Range on horizontal plane = “ GED tre equation forthe trajectory of the particle isa + Equation of trajectory: » quadratic equation for y in x. This where pis the vertical height of the particle, xis the proves that the path of a projectile horizontal distance from the point of projection, moving freely under gravity isa and gis the acceleration due to gravity. quadratic curve, or parabola. KL Whenever a numerical value of g is required, take g = 9.8m: ®1 unless otherwise stated. A particle is launched from a point on a horizontal plane with initial velocity Ums-! at an angle of elevation «. The particle moves freely under gravity until it strikes the plane. The greatest height of the particle is hm. Show that 2¢ A particle is projected from a point with speed 21 ms~! at an angle of elevation a and moves freely under gravity, When the particle has moved a horizontal distance xm, its height above the point of projection is ym. Show that y = xtana - a Show that y= tana ~ 5 b Given that y= 8.1 when x = 36, find the value of tan a. A particle is launched from a point on a horizontal plane with initial speed Ums-! at an angle of elevation a. The particle moves freely under gravity until it strikes the plane. The range of the particle is Rm. Usina 41 Show that the time of fight of the particle is 2US™4 seconds, b show that n= Z388024 © Deduce that, fora fixed u, the greatest possible range is when a = 45° 4 Given that x = 2&2 . find the two possible values of the angle of elevation at which the 5g particle could have been launched.SC aa Gazal) © 4 A firework i launched vertically with a speed of vm s-!, When it reaches its maximum height, the firework explodes into two parts, which are projected horizontally in opposite directions, each with speed 2vms-! Show that the two parts of the firework land a distance 5 In this question use g = 10m A particle is projected from a point O with speed U at an angle of elevation a above the horizontal and moves freely under gravity. When the particle has moved a horizontal distance x, its height above Os ». ay? g m apart, a Show that y= tana = 575 5 (4 marks) A boy throws a stone from a point P at the end of a pier. The point P is 15m above sea level. ‘The stone is projected with a speed of 8 ms~ at an angle of elevation of 40°. By modelling the stone as a particle moving freely under gravity, b find the horizontal distance of the stone from P when the stone is 2m above sea level. (5 marks) 6 A particle is projected from a point with speed U at an angle of elevation a above the horizontal A pattick df h speed le of elev: ove the h 7 and moves freely under gravity. When it has moved a horizontal distance x, its height above the point of projection is y s tana ~ ane 573 An athlete throws a javelin from a point P ata height of 2m above horizontal ground. ‘The javelin is projected at an angle of elevation of 45° with a speed of 30ms-!, By modelling the javelin as a particle moving freely under gravity, b find, to 3 significant figures, the horizontal distance of the javelin from P a Show that (1 + tanta). (S marks) when it hits the ground (Smarks) © find, to 2 significant figures, the time elapsed from the point the javelin is thrown to the point when it hits the ground. (2marks) 7A girl playing volleyball on horizontal ground hits the ball towards the net 9m away from a point 1.5m above the ground. The ball moves ina vertical plane which is perpendicular to the net, The ball just passes over the top of the net, which is 2.4m above the ground, as shown in the diagram, ‘The bal is modelled as a particle projected With initial speed Ums~ from point 0, 1.5m above the ground at an angle a to the horizontal By writing down expressions for the horizontal and vertical distances from 0 to the ball, ‘seconds alter it was hit, show that when the ball passes over the net: Sig 0.9 =9tana~ 57555, (6 marks) Given that «= 30°, b find the speed of the ball as it passes over the net, (marks)