SOLVE FOUR (4) PROBLEMS ONLY

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PROBLEM #1: (25 marks)



In the Figure above, a person at point A throws a ball at 45 from the horizontal line.
If the ball strikes a slope at point B, determine:

1. The speed at which the ball is thrown.
2. The time of flight.




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PROBLEM # 2: (25 marks)

A rocket traveling above the atmosphere at an
altitude of 500 km would have a free-fall
acceleration g = 8.43 m/s
2
in the absence of forces
other than gravitational attraction. Because of
thrust, however, the rocket has an additional
acceleration component
1
2
8.8 m/s a =
tangent
to its trajectory, which makes an angle of 30
o
with
the vertical at the instant considered.

If the velocity
v
of the rocket is 30x10
3
km/h at
this position, determine:

1. The radius of curvature of the trajectory.
2. The rate at which
v
changes with time.

1
a
2
8.43 m/s g =
30

v= 8333 m/s

a
n
= v
2
/ =g sin(30) = 8.43 sin(30) = 4.215 m/s
2


=16.5 10
6
m
a
t
= a
1
- g cos(30) =1.499 m/s
2
, ( time rate change of v )

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PROBLEM #3: (25 marks)

In the Figure below, block B moves downward with a constant velocity of 24 in/s.
Determine:

1. The velocity of block A,
2. The velocity of block C,
3. The velocity of portion D of the cable,
4. The relative velocity of portion D of the cable with respect to block B.

A
C
B
D
A
C
B
D
+x
x
A
x
B
x
D
x
C
+x
x
A
x
B
x
D
x
C



v
B
= 24 in/s v
B
= 24 in/s
x
B
+ 2x
C
= Constant
(b) Second Cord
v
B
+ 2v
C
= 0
v
C
= -(1/2)v
B
= -12 in/s
v
C
= 12 in/s
x
B
+ 2x
C
= Constant
(b) Second Cord
v
B
+ 2v
C
= 0
v
C
= -(1/2)v
B
= -12 in/s
v
C
= 12 in/s
2x
A
+ 3x
B
= Constant
(a) First Cord
2v
A
+ 3v
B
= 0
v
A
= -(3/2)v
B
= -36 in/s
v
A
= 36 in/s
2x
A
+ 3x
B
= Constant
(a) First Cord
2v
A
+ 3v
B
= 0
v
A
= -(3/2)v
B
= -36 in/s
v
A
= 36 in/s
2x
A
+ x
D
= Constant
2v
A
+ v
D
= 0
v
D
= -2v
A
= 72 in/s
(c)
2x
A
+ x
D
= Constant
2v
A
+ v
D
= 0
v
D
= -2v
A
= 72 in/s
(c)
v
D/B
= v
D
- v
B
(d)
v
D/B
= 48 in/s
v
D/B
= v
D
- v
B
(d)
v
D/B
= 48 in/s


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PROBLEM #4: (25 marks)

A tracking radar lies in the vertical plane of
the path of a rocket that is coasting in
unpowered flight above the atmosphere. For
the instant when 30 =

, the tracking data
is given by
4
8 10 r = m, 1200 r = m/s
and 0 80 . =

deg/s. The acceleration of

the rocket is due only to gravitational
attraction and for its particular altitude is
9 20 . m/s
2
vertically downward. For these
conditions determine:

1. The velocity v of the rocket.
2. The values of rand

.

Hint (
2
r
a r r =

and 2 a r r

= +

)






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PROBLEM #5: (25 marks)