PHYSICS 1403-002 (TT), QUIZ 2, Chapter 3, February 3, 2005
Partial credit will be liberal, provided that you show your work!
USE BACK IF NECESSARY! NOTE: You have about 15 minutes to do this quiz! So pace yourself!
Name: ______________________
1. (30 points) See figure. A person stands a horizontal distance d = 20 m from the
base of a building and throws a ball from the ground towards the building. The y
component of it’s initial velocity is vy0 = 13 m/s. It hits the building at a height h
above the ground. At the point where it hits, its vertical component of velocity vy =
0 (that is, at that point, its velocity is entirely in the horizontal direction). In all
calculations use g = 9.8 m/s2 for the acceleration due to gravity.
a. Compute the time t it takes the ball to hit the building.
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b. Compute the height h where the ball hits the building.
c. Compute the x component, vx0 of the initial velocity.
d. Compute the length (magnitude) of the initial velocity vector v0 and the angle θ0 it makes
with the x-axis.
e. Compute the ball’s x and y components of velocity, vx and vy at a time t = 0.8 s after it is
thrown.
f.
5 POINT BONUS! Compute the length (magnitude) of the velocity vector v and the
angle θ it makes with the x-axis at a time t = 0.8 s after it is thrown.
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