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NOTICE: THIS IS NOT AN ACTUAL HOMEWORK PROBLEM.
A projectile is launched from a hill 2m high 8m away from the base of a slanted wall at a velocity v at an angle of 35 degrees from the horizontal. The equation of the slanted wall is y = 2.8x. The slanted wall is 20m high. Ignore air resistance/drag and use g = -9.8m/s2. a) Where will the object collide with the slanted wall? Give (x,y) coordinates. b) What is the minimum velocity of the object needed to clear the wall? c) Give a mathematical representation of this problem where the angle the object is launched at is unknown.
s = s0 + v0t + 1/2gt2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trajectory
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projectile_motion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinematics
I tried to solve this by representing the wall and the trajectory of the projectile graphically, but I'm only in high school level Physics, so I was absolutely clueless as to what equation I would use to represent the trajectory of the projectile so that the x-axis was x displacement and the y-axis was y displacement. (I googled a bit) I figured that if I graphed both of those equations the intersection point would be where the projectile hits the wall (so long as I changed the equation of the wall so it's x intercept is 8). Anyways, that didn't work out, and I've been wracking my brain as to how to solve this for 4 hours, help please!
P.S.: This is not an actual homework or classwork problem, I came up with this problem myself because I was trying to explain something that I saw in real life. ;]
Here is a diagram of the problem that I made in paint:
[PLAIN]http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/4765/diagramr.png
The red curved line is my attempt at a parabola representing the trajectory of the projectile in the circumstance where the object comes in contact with the wall 2m above the ground.
Thanks,
Mator
Homework Statement
A projectile is launched from a hill 2m high 8m away from the base of a slanted wall at a velocity v at an angle of 35 degrees from the horizontal. The equation of the slanted wall is y = 2.8x. The slanted wall is 20m high. Ignore air resistance/drag and use g = -9.8m/s2. a) Where will the object collide with the slanted wall? Give (x,y) coordinates. b) What is the minimum velocity of the object needed to clear the wall? c) Give a mathematical representation of this problem where the angle the object is launched at is unknown.
Homework Equations
s = s0 + v0t + 1/2gt2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trajectory
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projectile_motion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinematics
The Attempt at a Solution
I tried to solve this by representing the wall and the trajectory of the projectile graphically, but I'm only in high school level Physics, so I was absolutely clueless as to what equation I would use to represent the trajectory of the projectile so that the x-axis was x displacement and the y-axis was y displacement. (I googled a bit) I figured that if I graphed both of those equations the intersection point would be where the projectile hits the wall (so long as I changed the equation of the wall so it's x intercept is 8). Anyways, that didn't work out, and I've been wracking my brain as to how to solve this for 4 hours, help please!
P.S.: This is not an actual homework or classwork problem, I came up with this problem myself because I was trying to explain something that I saw in real life. ;]
Here is a diagram of the problem that I made in paint:
[PLAIN]http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/4765/diagramr.png
The red curved line is my attempt at a parabola representing the trajectory of the projectile in the circumstance where the object comes in contact with the wall 2m above the ground.
Thanks,
Mator
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