Problem 1

m A ball is thrown toward a cli of height h with a speed of 30.0 s 2 and an angle of 60 above horizontal. It lands on the edge of the cli 4.0 s later.

How high is the cli? What was the maximum height of the ball?

d to move along the x axis is subject to an acceleration that depends on both What is the balls impact speed? ding to
Problem 2
Astronauts use a centrifuge to simulate the acceleration of a rocket launch. The centrifuge

e particle is measured +2.50 andto its initial position is measured to astronaut takes 30.to 0 s be to speed upm/s, from rest a top speed of 1 rotation every 1.3 s. The is strapped into a velocity seat 6.0 m vs from the axis. method to construct plots of time and position vs. time for the n. Attach your graphs and code. What is the astronauts tangential acceleration during the rst 30 s?
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How many gs of acceleration does the astronaut experience when the omputational problem, but does end up being m 4 of equations with 4 unknowns, acceleration is 1 g. rotating at top speed? Each 9.8 s blem to introduce the Solve command in Mathematica) t the acceleration of a particle varies quadratically with 3 time, Problem

device is

y of the .75 m/s e v = !2.45 m/s and the position is measured to be x = 3.05 m. Determine the Computational Problem

m A car starts from rest on a curve with a radius of 120 m and accelerates at 1.0 s 2 . Through particlewhat are measured at car two different At t = 1.5 s, velocity angle will the have traveled times. when the magnitude of the its total acceleration is m .0 s and the 2 position is measured to be x = 2.10 m. At t = 3.0 s, the 2?

A small ball is attached to the end of a light string of 75string .0 cm. The other end of the string isother attached ed to the end of length a light of length 75.0 cm. The end to a horizontal bar, and the ball is released from rest with o a horizontal bar, and the ball is The released from rest with the string horizontal. tangential acceleration ofthe the ngential acceleration of ball a =! gsin , where is verball is a =the g sin , is where is measured from the ). The tical down (this makes the initial angle = 90 y down (this makes the beginning angle = 90E). The ball, when ball, when released, undergoes nonuniform circular mouniform circulartion. motion. Use Eulers method to determine the Use Eulers method to determine the speed of the ottom of the circular and the it takes totime reach that to ball at arc, the bottom of time the arc, and the it takes reach that position. (A Mathematica notebook, that may serve as a starting point, is posted to iLearn.)

ing on a particle (of mass 250 g) is not constant, but varies with position as

is is a force that repels the particle from the origin). The particle begins at x0 y towards the origin. Construct an Eulers Method computer model of the determine rticle when it reverses direction (the distance of closest approach) if the initial

e particle if its distance of closest approach is 0.350 m. (To determine this, guess for the initial speed, find the closest approach, and then revise your