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#1 2014-09-16 19:36:58
- niharika_kumar
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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 .friendship is tan 90°.
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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. 
EDIT: Whoops the first equation would be 0 = 0 which doesn't help much. 
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.
Simplify what's left to get the required result.
Bob
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#3 2014-09-17 00:21:37
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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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Which is alpha, beta and theta?
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#6 2014-09-17 02:24:30
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Re: projectile
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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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).
friendship is tan 90°.
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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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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
friendship is tan 90°.
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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.
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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.
Bob
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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.
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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.
Bob
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