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Subject:
A Physic
Category: Science > Physics Asked by: dtran-ga List Price: $5.00 |
Posted:
18 Oct 2005 08:20 PDT
Expires: 17 Nov 2005 07:20 PST Question ID: 581673 |
A crane, moving at the steady velocity of 5 m/s, is lifting a load of bricks when one brick falls off 6 m above the ground. Dercribe the motion of the free brick by sketching x vs.t with the ground as the reference point. a.What is the greatest height the brick reaches? b. how long does it take to reach the ground? c. what is its speed just before in hits the ground? |
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Re: A Physic
From: jpariag-ga on 18 Oct 2005 10:09 PDT |
This looks like homework... but I'll offer some help anyway. To answer these three questions you need to use the constant acceleration equations. Setting upward motion as positive, you have: x = 6m V1 = 5m/s a = -9.8m/s^2 a) To find the max height, set V2 = 0 (the brick stops moving for a split second when it reaches its max height). Then use the formula V2^2 = V1^2 + 2ax. Solve for x and then add 6m to your answer to find the max height. b) To find the time use x = V1t + 0.5at^2 and solve for t. c) Use V2^2 = V1^2 + 2ax where v1 = 5m/s ,a=-9.8m/s^2 and x=6m Best of luck jpariag-ga |
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Re: A Physic
From: dtran-ga on 18 Oct 2005 14:44 PDT |
Thank you for your help, but i dun get the formula of #a, after i solved it v2 also =o, so wat cani do next? |
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Re: A Physic
From: dtran-ga on 18 Oct 2005 15:17 PDT |
could u check the answer 4 me? a. 7.28m b.7.75m c.9.62m/s |
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Re: A Physic
From: manuka-ga on 19 Oct 2005 00:49 PDT |
Your answer for (a) is correct, but (b) is way too high. Think about it: acceleration is roughly 10 m/s downwards. The brick starts off at 5 m/s upwards, so after 1 second it will be going at about 5 m/s downwards - which means it will also be at about the same height it started off at, i.e. about 6m above the ground. Now if it falls for another second its downwards velocity will increase from about 5 m/s to about 15 m/s, for an average velocity during the second second of about 10m/s downwards; but it only has another 6m to fall. So the total time must be less than 2 seconds. I also get a different answer for (c) - larger than yours. Note that you can also check your results for (c) by using your answer for (b) and the formula v2 = v1 + at. |
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