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Question # 1 As a science fair project, you want to launch an 750 g model rocket

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Question # 1

As a science fair project, you want to launch an 750 g model rocket straight up and hit a horizontally moving target as it passes 26.0 mabove the launch point. The rocket engine provides a constant thrust of 18.8 N . The target is approaching at a speed of 20.0 m/s

At what horizontal distance between the target and the rocket should you launch?

Question # 2

A heavy ball with a weight of 110 N is hung from the ceiling of a lecture hall on a 4.8-m-long rope. The ball is pulled to one side and released to swing as a pendulum, reaching a speed of 5.9 m/s as it passes through the lowest point.

What is the tension in the rope at that point?

Explanation / Answer

for rocket

Fnet = m*ay

F - mg = may

18.8 - (0.75*9.81) = 0.75*a

acceleration ay = 15.3 m/s^2


y = voy*t + (1/2)*ay*t^2

26 = 0 + (1/2)*15.3*t^2


time t = 1.84 s

for target

acceleration ax = 0

x = vox*t + (1/2)*ax*t^2

x = 20*1.84 = 36.8 m <<<<<-----answer


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#Q2)


at the lowest point

along vertical


T - W = Fc

T - W = mv^2/L

T = W + mv^2/L


mass m = W/g = 110/9.81 = 11.21 kg


T = 110 +( 11.21*5.9^2/4.8)

T = 191.3 N