Distance and time of an Angry bird

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The discussion focuses on the physics problem involving an Angry Bird launched at a 45-degree angle with an initial velocity of 10 m/s. After reaching the peak of its trajectory, the bird drops an egg with a downward velocity of 5√2 m/s. Key calculations include the conservation of horizontal momentum, where the initial momentum is calculated as p = 2m(10cos45) = 10√2, and the momentum after the egg drop is p = m(5√2)cos45 = 5. The problem also raises questions about the reference frame for the egg's drop, impacting the interpretation of momentum and distance traveled.

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Homework Statement


An angry bird of mass 2m is launched at theta = 45 degrees with initial velocity = 10 m/s above the horizontal. It then drops an egg of mass m= 1 kg vertically down with velocity 5sqrt(2) m/s when it is at the topmost point in its trajectory. (Bird's mass after egg drop is m.) How much further does the bird now land? How much time from launch to land?

Homework Equations


p=mv
{ and I think the horizontal momentum: p=mvcos(theta)}
Change in momentum = net force X change in time

The Attempt at a Solution


I know that horizontal momentum will be conserved so I have solved for the horizontal momentum before reaching the highest point:
p=2m(10cos45)
p=10sqrt(2)
and for the horizontal momentum after
p=m5sqrt(2)cos45
p=5
but I'm not sure how to translate momentum into distance travelled.
 
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The question is not quite clear. Is the dispatch of the egg vertical relative to the ground or relative to the moving bird? From what you wrote in words
SGE said:
I know that horizontal momentum will be conserved so I have solved for the horizontal momentum before reaching the highest point:
it seemed like you were going to take it as the former. That may be what is intended, but it would mean the bird effectively fired the egg backwards relative to itself, which seems unlikely.
However, you then calculated p after dropping the egg as though the horizontal speed had not changed. That is, you have taken vertical as relative to the bird's motion.
Separately from all that, you need to look at vertical momentum conservation.
 

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