10/4/2017 MasteringPhysics: Assignment 2: Motion in 2-D

AdvicefortheQuarterback

Aquarterbackissetuptothrowthefootballtoareceiverwhoisrunningwithaconstantvelocityv r directlyawayfromthe
quarterbackandisnowadistanceDawayfromthequarterback.Thequarterbackfiguresthattheballmustbethrownatan
angletothehorizontalandheestimatesthatthereceivermustcatchtheballatimeintervaltc afteritisthrowntoavoidhaving
oppositionplayerspreventthereceiverfrommakingthecatch.Inthefollowingyoumayassumethattheballisthrownand
caughtatthesameheightabovethelevelplayingfield.Assumethattheycoordinateoftheballattheinstantitisthrownor
caughtisy = 0andthatthehorizontalpositionofthequarterbackisx = 0.

Usegforthemagnitudeoftheaccelerationduetogravity,andusethe
picturedinertialcoordinatesystemwhensolvingtheproblem.

PartA
Findv 0y ,theverticalcomponentofthevelocityoftheballwhenthequarterbackreleasesit.

Expressv 0y intermsoftc andg.

Hint1.Equationofmotioninydirection
Whatistheexpressionfory(t),theheightoftheballasafunctionoftime?

Answerintermsoft,g,andv 0y .

ANSWER:

1 2
y(t) = v0y t gt
2

Hint2.Heightatwhichtheballiscaught,y(tc )
Rememberthataftertimetc theballwascaughtatthesameheightasithadbeenreleased.Thatis,y(tc ) = y0 = 0

ANSWER:

v 0y = 0.5gt c

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PartB
Findv 0x ,theinitialhorizontalcomponentofvelocityoftheball.

Expressyouranswerforv 0x intermsofD,tc ,andv r .

Hint1.Receiver'sposition
Findxr ,thereceiver'spositionbeforehecatchestheball.
AnswerintermsofD,v r ,andtc .
ANSWER:

xr = D + vr tc

Hint2.Football'sposition
Findxc ,thehorizontaldistancethattheballtravelsbeforereachingthereceiver.
Answerintermsofv 0x andtc .

ANSWER:

xc = v 0x t c

ANSWER:

D+vr t c
v 0x =
tc

Correct

PartC
Findthespeedv 0 withwhichthequarterbackmustthrowtheball.

AnswerintermsofD,tc ,v r ,andg.

Hint1.Howtoapproachtheproblem
RememberthatvelocityisavectorfromsolvingPartsAandByouhavethetwocomponents,fromwhichyoucan
findthemagnitudeofthisvector.

ANSWER:

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2
2
D
v0 = sqrt{(.5gtc ) +(
tc
+ vr ) }

Correct

PartD
Assumingthatthequarterbackthrowstheballwithspeedv 0 ,findtheangleabovethehorizontalatwhichheshouldthrow
it.
Yoursolutionshouldcontainaninversetrigfunction(enteredasasin,acos,oratan).Giveyouranswerinterms
ofalreadyknownquantities,v 0x ,v 0y ,andv 0 .

Hint1.Findanglefromv0x andv0y

ThinkofvelocityasavectorwithCartesiancoordinatesv 0x x
^andv 0y y
^.Findtheanglethatthisvectorwouldmake

withthexaxisusingtheresultsofPartsAandB.

ANSWER:

v0y
= atan{
v
}
0x

Correct

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