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Addu High School DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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Hithadhoo/Addu PHYSICS
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Topic: Horizontal Projectile motion Worksheet
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1. A tennis ball is volleyed horizontally at a height of 1.5 m with a speed of ........................................................................................................................
20 m s . Calculate
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(a) the time taken by the ball to hit the ground and ........................................................................................................................
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(b) the horizontal distance travelled by the ball. ..........................................................................................................................
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2. A motorcycle stunt-rider moving horizontally takes off from a point 1.25 m ..........................................................................................................................
above the ground, landing 10 m away as shown.What was the speed at ..........................................................................................................................
take-off? (iii) The magniude and direction of his resultant velocity 2.0 s after
jumping
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4. A golfer practicing on a range with an elevated tee 4.9 m above the (d) Calculate the speed of the ball 0.80 s after it leaves the club.
fairway is able to strike a ball so that it leaves the club with a horizontal
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velocity of 20 m s–1.
(Assume the acceleration due to gravity is 9.81 m s–2, and the effects of ..........................................................................................................................
air resistance may be ignored unless otherwise stated.) ..........................................................................................................................
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(e) With what speed will the ball strike the ground?
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5. In a castle, overlooking a river, a cannon was once employed to fire
(a) How long after the ball leaves the club will it land on the fairway? at enemy ships. One ship was hit by a cannonball at a horizontal
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(b) What horizontal distance will the ball travel before striking the
fairway?
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(c) What is the acceleration of the ball 0.5 s after being hit?
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(i) Show that the time taken for the cannonball to reach the water surface ..........................................................................................................................
after being fired from the cannon was 3.7 s. Assume the air resistance ......................................................................................................................
was negligible. (2)
.......................................................................................................................... 6. A digital camera was used to obtain a sequence of images of a tennis ball
.......................................................................................................................... being struck by a tennis racket. The camera was set to take an image every
.......................................................................................................................... 5.0 ms. The successive positions of the racket and ball are shown in the
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(ii) Calculate the velocity at which the cannonball was fired. (2)
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(iii) Calculate the vertical component of velocity just before the cannonball hit
the ship. (2)
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.......................................................................................................................... (a) The ball has a horizontal velocity of zero at A and reaches a constant
horizontal velocity at D as it leaves the racket. The ball travels a horizontal
(iv) By calculation or scale drawing, find the magnitude and direction of the distance of 0.68 m between D and G.
velocity of the cannonball just before it hit the ship. (4) (i) Show that the horizontal velocity of the ball between positions D and G in
the diagram above is about 45 m s–1. (3)
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7. The figure shows the path of a ball thrown horizontally from the top of a
(ii) Calculate the horizontal acceleration of the ball between A and D. (2)
tower of height 24 m which is surrounded by level ground.
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(b) At D, the ball was projected horizontally from a height of 2.3 m above level
ground.
(i) Show that the ball would fall to the ground in about 0.7 s. (3)
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(a) Using two labelled arrows, show on the figure the direction of velocit
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v,and the acceleration a, of the ball when it is at point P (2)
(ii) Calculate the horizontal distance that the ball will travel after it leaves the
racket before hitting the ground. Assume that only gravity acts on the
(b) Calculate the time taken from when the ball is thrown to when it first hit
ball as it falls. (2)
the ground. Assume air resistance is negligible (2)
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(iii) Explain why, in practice, the ball will not travel this far before hitting the (c) The ball hits the ground 27 m from the base of tower. Calculate the
ground. (2) speed at which the ball is thrown (2)
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