Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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Chapter 4 - Two-Dimensional Kinematics - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 109: 88

Answer

$\frac{v_{\circ}^2tan^2\theta}{2g}$

Work Step by Step

We can find the required height difference as follows: $(v_{fy})^2=(v_{\circ y})^2-2g(-h)$ $\implies (-v_fsin\theta)^2=(0)^2+2gh$ This simplifies to: $2gh=v_f^2sin^2\theta$....eq(1) As $v_{\circ x}=v_{fx}$ $\implies v_{\circ}=v_fcos\theta$ $\implies v_f=\frac{v_{\circ}}{cos\theta}$ We plug in this value of $v_f$ in eq(1) to obtain: $\implies 2hg=(\frac{v_{\circ}}{cos\theta})^2sin^2\theta$ This simplifies to: $h=\frac{v_{\circ}^2tan^2\theta}{2g}$
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