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#1 2014-09-16 19:36:58

niharika_kumar
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projectile

A particle is projected over a triangle from one end of a horizontal base and grazing the vertex falls on the other end of the base.If

and
be the base angle and
the angle of projection , prove that
.


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#2 2014-09-17 00:11:14

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Re: projectile

hi Niharika,

I haven't had a chance to follow this through yet, but here's how I'd begin:

horizonally

vertically

So now you have a quadratic in x.  You can substitute in (0,0) ; (a,h) and (a+b,0)  where

h = a.tan(alpha) = b.tan(beta) and aim to eliminate a, b, g and  v.  Although that's four unknowns and only three equations, you can think of g/2v^2 as a single variable, so you should be left with an expression connecting the three tangents.  smile

EDIT:  Whoops the first equation would be 0 = 0 which doesn't help much.  shame  I'd better try this properly.

FINAL EDIT:

It does work.  From the (a,h) equation re-arrange to make k (=g/2v^2)  the subject and substitute this into the (a+b,0) equation.

Use the a and b equations to remove a and b from the equation.  Bonus: the h terms all cancel.  smile

Simplify what's left to get the required result.  smile

Bob

Last edited by Bob (2014-09-17 00:31:26)


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#3 2014-09-17 00:21:37

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Re: projectile

Can I have a diagram, niharika?


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#4 2014-09-17 00:38:05

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#5 2014-09-17 01:26:48

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Re: projectile

Which is alpha, beta and theta?


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#6 2014-09-17 02:24:30

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Alpha is the angle in the left hand triangle so tan alpha = h/a

Beta is the same for the right hand triangle so tan beta = h/b

Theta is the angle to the horizontal at which the projectile is launched.

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#7 2014-09-17 03:44:07

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Re: projectile

Bob has worked out

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So the length of the base of the triangle is
.

We can rewrite equation [1] as

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From the diagram in post #4

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Also, substituting (x,y) = (a,h) into [2],

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Cancel the d, simplify, and you should get the answer.


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#8 2014-09-17 04:01:35

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Re: projectile

thank you so much for such  simplified answers.
It is really very helpful(because my brain is not working right now and I have my Physics exam tomorrow). smile


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#9 2014-09-17 05:48:38

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Good luck with the exam.

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#10 2014-09-17 18:55:19

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Re: projectile

It's over now.

and I couldn't make this one:-
Q.A ball rolls off the top of a stairway with a horizontal velocity u.If the steps are h meter high and b meter wide, show that the ball will just hit the edge of nth step if

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#11 2014-09-17 19:59:35

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hi Niharika,

Same method as the earlier one:

horizontally

vertically

+ as we want to measure downwards.

If you substitute in that expression for t, cancel an 'n', and re-arrange, it comes out in a few lines.

Bob


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#12 2014-09-18 00:30:46

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hmm, so it was simple.
thanks again bob. smile


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#13 2014-09-18 01:09:28

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No, it was really hard.  But I'm a brilliant teacher so it now seems simple.  smile

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#14 2014-09-18 16:49:42

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Yes you are.
Your explainations have always proved to be very beneficial. smile


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#15 2014-09-18 19:21:54

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I did say that as a joke, so thank you for your reply.  smile

Bob

Last edited by Bob (2014-09-18 19:22:20)


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