Tag: RANGE OF A PROJECTILE
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Cricketer’s Ball Throw: Calculating Maximum Height
Question: A cricketer can throw a ball to a maximum horizontal distance of 100 m. How much high above the ground can the cricketer throw the same ball? Solution:Calculating the maximum height of the ball Projectile motion: Maximum horizontal distance(Range): Maximum range is attained when the ball is projected at an angle of 45o with…
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Determining Maximum Horizontal Distance of a Projectile
Question: The ceiling of a long hall is 25 m high.What is the maximum horizontal distance that a ball thrown with a speed of 40 ms-1 can go without hitting the ceiling of the hall? Solution: Calculating the maximum horizontal distance Projectile motion image: Maximum height of the projectile: Maximum height of a projectile is…
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Cricket Ball Speed and Angle: Will It Go for a Six?
Question: In the cricket game,a batsman strikes the ball such that it moves with a speed 30 ms-1 at an angle 30o with the horizontal. The boundary line of the cricket ground is located at a distance of 75 m from the batsman.Will the ball go for a six?(Neglect air resistance, take g=9.8 ms-2) Solution:…
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Projectile Motion Physics: Range Calculation and Moon Comparison
Question: Suppose an object is thrown with an initial speed of 10 ms-1 at an angle 450 with the horizontal,what is the range covered? Suppose the same object is thrown similarly in the moon, will there be any change in the range?If yes, what is the change? (Acceleration due to gravity in the moon gmoon…
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