(25382) 17. H Projectile Motion Questions
(25382) 17. H Projectile Motion Questions
2. A pencil case is dropped vertically from a height at rest and hits the ground 0.5 seconds later.
a) What vertical velocity did the pencil case hit the ground with?
b) What horizontal velocity did the pencil case hit the ground with?
Calculate or find:
5. A slate is projected horizontally from a building roof, which is 6.5m above the ground.
It hits the ground after travelling a horizontal displacement 4.2m from where it was projected.
Calculate or find:
Calculate the minimum horizontal speed he must achieve before take-off to avoid landing
in the river.
7. A stone is thrown horizontally with a speed of 12ms-1 over the edge of a vertical cliff.
It hits the sea at a horizontal distance of 60m out from the base of the cliff.
Calculate the height from which the stone was projected above the level of the sea.
Calculate the height of the helicopter above the ground at the time the sandbag was released.
9. A golfer strikes a golf ball which then moves off at an angle to the ground.
The ball follows the path shown below.
The graphs below show how the horizontal and vertical components of the velocity of the
Calculate the resultant velocity of the ball as it hits the ground. (Vectors M + D’s !!!)
12. A projectile is fired with a velocity of 20ms-1 at an angle of 25° above the horizontal.
Any air resistance can be ignored.
a) Calculate or find:
i) The initial vertical component of the projectiles velocity.
ii) The initial horizontal component of the projectiles velocity.
The javelin is in flight for 3.5 seconds and air resistance is considered negligible.
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18. A basketball is projected at 40° from the horizontal with a velocity of 7.5ms-1.
Calculate or find:
b) Horizontal and vertical components of velocity of the basketball after 1.6 seconds.
20. A tennis player strikes a ball with his racket just as the ball reaches the ground.
The ball leaves the racket with a speed of 6.0ms-1 at 50° to the ground.
When the player hits the shot they are 2.0m from the base of the net, which is 0.90m high.
(It would be useful to draw a sketch here labelled with the information given!!!)
b) i) Calculate the time taken for the ball to travel the 2.0m to the net after leaving the racket.