PRACTICE SET 3 (PROJECTILE) (PKS)

1. A student and his friend while experimenting for projectile motion with a stop-watch, taken some approximate
readings. As one throws a stone in air at some angle, other observes that after 2.0 s it is moving at an angle
30 to the horizontal and after 1.0 s, it is travelling horizontally. Determine the magnitude and the direction of
initial velocity of the stone.
Ans - u = 20 3 m s,  = 60

2. A cannon fires successively two shells with velocity 250 m/s. The first at an angle 60° and the second at the
angle 45° to the horizontal, the azimuth being the same. Find the time interval between their firing so that the
two shells collide in air. Assume no air friction.
Ans.- t = 11sec

3. A stone is thrown up from the top of a tower 20 m with a velocity of 24 m/s at an elevation of 30° above the
horizontal Find the horizontal distance from the foot of the tower to the point at which the stone hits the
ground. Take g = 10 m / s 2
Ans.- 67.75 m
4. Two bodies were thrown simultaneously from the same point one, straight up, and the other, at angle  = 60
to the horizontal. The initial velocity of each body is equal to v0 = 25 m / s. Neglecting the air drag, find the
distance between the bodies t = 1.70 s later. Take g = 10 m / s 2 .
Ans.- 22 m
5. A particle is thrown in horizontal direction with speed u from a point P ,
the top of a tower shown in figure at a vertical height h above the
inclined plane of inclination  . Find the speed with which the particle is
thrown so that it strikes the plane normally. Also find the distance from
the foot of the tower where the particle will strike
 2 gh 2h 
Ans.  , 
 2 + cot  sin  ( 2 + cot  ) 
2 2

6. A ball is dropped from height h above a point on an inclined plane, with angle of inclination  . The ball
makes an elastic collision with the surface and rebounds off the plane. Determine the distance from the point of
first impact to the point where ball hit the plane second time.
Ans.- 8h sin 
7. A horizontal electric wire is stretched at a height h = 10m
above the ground. A boy standing on the ground can
throw a stone at a speed u = 20 ms −1 . Find the maximum
horizontal distance x at which a bird sitting on the wire
can be hit by the stone.
Ans.- 20 2

8. Ab is a pipe fixed to the ground at an inclination of

37°. A ball is projected from point O at a speed of
u = 20 m / s at an angle of 53° to the horizontal and it
smoothly enters into the pipe with its velocity parallel
to the axis of the pipe. [Take g = 10 ms −2 ]
(a) Find the length L of the pipe
(B) Find the distance of end B of the pipe from point

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Ans. - L = 14.58 m, OB = 41.66 m

9. An enemy jet is flying at a constant height of 250 m with a velocity of 500 m/s. The fighter jet passes over an
anti-aircraft gun that can fire at any time and in any direction with a speed of 100 m/s. Determine the time
interval during which the fighter jet is in danger of being hit by the gun bullets.
Ans- 2 2
10. Two inclined planes OA and OB having inclination 30° and 60°
with horizontal respectively intersect each other at O as shown in
Figure. A particle is projected from point P with velocity
u = 10 3 m / s along a direction perpendicular to plane OA. If the
particle strikes plane OB perpendicularly at Q,
calculate :
(a) time of flight.
(b) speed with which particle strikes the plane OB.
(c) height h of P from O.
(d) distance PQ.

Ans.-
(a) 2 sec
(b) 10 m/s
(c) 5 m
(d) 20 m
11. two guns situated at the top of a hill of height 10m fire one shot
each with the same speed 5 3 m/s at some interval of time.
One gun fires horizontal and the other fires upwards at an angle
of 60° with the horizontal. Two shots collide in air at a poit P.
Find
(i) time-interval between the firings and
(ii) coordinates of the point P. Take the origin of coordinates
system at the foot of the hill right below the muzzle and
trajectorise in the xy plane.
Ans.- (i) 1 sec
(
(ii) 5 3,5 )
12. A large , heavy box is sliding without friction down a smooth plane of
inclination θ . From a point P on the bottom of the box , a particle is
projected inside the box . The initial speed of the particle with respect
to the box is u , and the direction of projection makes an angle α with
the bottom as shown in Figure .

(a) Find the distance along the bottom of the box between the point of
projection p and the point Q where the particle lands . ( Assume that
the particle does not hit any other surface of the box . Neglect air resistance .)
(b) If the horizontal displacement of the particle as seen by an observer on the ground is zero , find the speed of
the box with respect to the ground at the instant when particle was projected .
u 2 sin 2 u cos ( +  )
Ans.- (a) (b) v =
g cos  cos 

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