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Review:
Yesterday, for free fall under gravity we found:
1000 m
t t
ay = g
vy = v0y - gt
y = y0 + v0 y t 1 g t2 2
t v t
a t
a t
Problem:
The pilot of a hovering helicopter drops a lead brick from a height of 1000 m. How long does it take to reach the ground and how fast is it moving when it gets there? (neglect air resistance)
The pilot of a hovering helicopter drops a lead brick from a height of 1000 m. How long does it take to reach the ground First choose coordinate system. Origin and y-direction. 1000 m Next write down position equation: 1000 m
y = y 0 + v 0y t
Note that v0y = 0.
1 2 gt 2
y = y0
UIUC Physics 1301: Lecture 5, Pg 3
1 2 gt 2
y y=0
Physics 1301: Lecture 5, Pg 4
1 y= y0 - gt2 2
Solve for time t when y = 0 given that y0 = 1000 m.
1 gt 2
= y0 - y
Y0=1000 m
Y0=1000 m
2( y 0 - y) t2 = g
t= 2 y0 g =
t=
2(y0 - y) g
2 1000 m 9 .81 m s 2
= 14 . 3 s
y y=0
Physics 1301: Lecture 5, Pg 6
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1 x = x0 + v0 t + at 2 2
and how fast is it moving when it gets there? Alternatively, we can get this directly using:
Plugging in for t:
2 2 v y - v 0 y = 2 a( y - y 0 )
Solve for vy:
y0 = 1000 m
v 2 v 0 = 2 a(x x 0 )
Relates v and x independent of t
Physics 1301: Lecture 5, Pg 7
v y = 2( g ) y0 = 140 m / s
y=0
Gravity facts:
g does not depend on the nature of the material! Galileo (1564-1642) figured this out. Major advance in deducing non-intuitive physics Things dont usually fall at the same rate! Nominally, g = 9.81 m/s2 At the equator g = 9.78 m/s2 At the North pole g = 9.83 m/s2 Lots on gravity in 1302 next semester
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x S = x1 S + v S t
caught
x P = x1 P + v 0 P t +
1 aPt 2 2
1 1 aP t 2 = 0 + 0 + aP t 2 2 2
x1 s + v s t =
1 a P t 2 v S t x1 s = 0 2
Physics 1301: Lecture 5, Pg 16
Homework
Do problems, Chapter 2, #49, 62, 76 Read Chapter 3, sections 1-3
Therefore the total elapsed time is t = 4.9s + 1s = 5.9 s Check reasonable? Alternatively if we start time when the speeder passes the cop, we can write
vS t =
1 aP (t 1s )2 2
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