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What is the maximum height reached by an acrobat and monkey pair after grabbing?
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[QUOTE="geoffrey159, post: 4940606, member: 532398"] [h2]Homework Statement [/h2] A circus acrobat of mass ##M## leaps straight up with initial velocity ##v_0## from a trampoline. As he rises up, he takes a trained monkey of mass ##m## off a perch at height ##h##, above the trampoline. What is the maximum height attained by the pair? [h2]Homework Equations[/h2] center of mass [h2]The Attempt at a Solution[/h2] [/B] I put that ##y_1(t)## is the trajectory of the acrobat, ##y_2(t)## the trajectory of the monkey, and ##t_e## grabbing time. I look at the system acrobat-monkey before and after grabbing. [U]Before grabbing:[/U] Between ##0\le t\le t_e## : 1. ##y_1(t) = tv_0 - \frac{gt^2}{2}## 2. ##y_2(t) = h## so the vertical component of the center of mass is ## R_y^{(b)}(t) = \frac{1}{m+M} (my_2+My_1) = \frac{1}{m+M} (mh+Mt(v_0 - \frac{gt}{2}) )##[U]After grabbing:[/U] When ##t_e \le t##, the center of mass is under external force ##-(m+M)g\vec j##, and its motion is given by: ## R_y^{(a)}(t) = h + (t-t_e) v_1 - \frac{g}{2} (t-t_e)^2 ## At maximum height, we will have ## \dot R_y^{(a)}(t_{\max}) = 0 ## so that ##t_{\max}- t_e = \frac{v_1}{g}##. The maximum height will be ## R_y^{(a)}(t_{\max}) = h + \frac{v_1^2}{2g}## Now we must find ##v_1##. I assume continuity of the center of mass speed at time ##t_e## ( I'm not sure about that! ), and get that ## v_1 = \frac{M}{m+M}(v_0 - g t_e) ## where the parenthesized term is the speed of the acrobat at grabbing time. To conclude I must get rid of ##t_e## which is not a constant of the problem. How should I do that please? [/QUOTE]
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