Basic Kinematics HW questions for AP Physics

[cntower]

Homework Statement

A soccer player kicks a ball at an angle of 42 degrees to the horizontal. The ball leaves his foot with a velocity of 18m/s. The player that receives this ball is standing 46m from the kicker. How fast does the reciever need to receive the ball befor eit hit's the ground?

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The Attempt at a Solution

Well. I tried by first figuring out the Max height the ball will be at...then I am lost.

 

[berkeman]

Homework Statement

A soccer player kicks a ball at an angle of 42 degrees to the horizontal. The ball leaves his foot with a velocity of 18m/s. The player that receives this ball is standing 46m from the kicker. How fast does the reciever need to receive the ball befor eit hit's the ground?

Homework Equations

The Attempt at a Solution

Well. I tried by first figuring out the Max height the ball will be at...then I am lost.

Welcome to the PF. List the relevant kinematic equations that you should use. Draw a diagram and use that to help you figure out the horizontal and initial vertical velocities...

 

[tomcue]

I would approach this problem by first identifying the known variables and the equations that can be used to solve for the unknown variable. In this case, the known variables are the angle of kick (θ = 42 degrees), initial velocity (v0 = 18 m/s), and the distance between the kicker and receiver (d = 46m). The unknown variable is the receiver's speed (v).

To solve for v, we can use the equation for projectile motion:

d = v0t cos(θ)

Where d is the horizontal distance, v0 is the initial velocity, t is the time, and θ is the angle of kick.

We can rearrange the equation to solve for t:

t = d/(v0 cos(θ))

Now, we need to find the time it takes for the ball to reach the receiver, which we can do by using the equation for vertical motion:

y = y0 + v0t sin(θ) - 1/2gt^2

Where y is the vertical displacement, y0 is the initial height (which we can assume to be 0), v0 is the initial velocity, θ is the angle of kick, and g is the acceleration due to gravity (9.8 m/s^2).

Since we want to find the time when the ball hits the ground, we can set y = 0 and solve for t:

0 = v0t sin(θ) - 1/2gt^2

t = 2v0 sin(θ)/g

Now, we can substitute this value of t into our first equation to solve for v:

d = v0(2v0 sin(θ)/g) cos(θ)

v = d/(2sin(θ)cos(θ)/g)

v = d/(sin(2θ)/g)

Finally, we can plug in the known values to find the receiver's speed:

v = 46m/(sin(2(42))/9.8m/s^2)

v = 11.9 m/s

Therefore, the receiver needs to have a speed of 11.9 m/s to receive the ball before it hits the ground.