I stand the top of a building 8 0 m high and my friend Abhay stands at the ground floor of this building. Then, I drop a stone and Abhay throws a stone vertically upward simultaneously. If it is known that Abhay threw the stone at a velocity of 2 0 m/s , then after how much time (in seconds) would the two stones meet?
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You should also state that their relative acceleration in 0 .
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Uhok, modifoed thanks! Sorry for the inconvenience caused till now ;)
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Keep posting good problems :-)
Awesome problem!
U r a nice architect :P. Nice question(+1). Nice solution (+1)
did the same way... Nice one!(+1)
Nice solution & a nice problem +1!
You can generalise it as :
t = u H ,
where
H is total height &
u is the velocity with which the stone from ground is thrown !
Keep posting awesome problems :-)
Let us first consider the stone that I had dropped. Let x be its distance above the ground, v be its velocity, t be the time elapsed. We have v = − g t d t d x = − g t ∫ d x = ∫ 2 0 − g t d t x = − 2 g t 2 + C = − 2 g t 2 + 8 0
Let us now consider the stone that was thrown up. Let x be its distance above the ground, v be its velocity, t be the time elapsed. We have v = 2 0 − g t d t d x = 2 0 − g t ∫ d x = ∫ 2 0 − g t d t x = 2 0 t − 2 g t 2
Equating the two, we have 2 0 t − 2 g t 2 = − 2 g t 2 + 8 0 ∴ t = 4 . 0 0
We can model the vertical positions of the stones as functions of time.
My stone is y 1 ( t ) = 8 0 − 5 t 2
Abhay's stone is y 2 ( t ) = 2 0 t − 5 t 2
We can set them equal to each other and solve for t.
8 0 − 5 t 2 = 2 0 t − 5 t 2
t = 4 s
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Let the dropping stone cover a distance of x m before the collision i.e. the collision happen at ( 8 0 − x ) m above ground level.
For the dropping stone :-
S x x = u t + 2 1 a t 2 = 0 × t + 2 1 × 1 0 × t 2 = 5 t 2 ⟶ 1
For thrown-up stone :-
S 8 0 − x 8 0 − x Adding 1 and 2 : − 8 0 t = u t + 2 1 a t 2 = 2 0 × t − 2 1 × 1 0 × t 2 ( because acceleration here is -g ) = 2 0 t − 5 t 2 = 2 0 t = 4 . 0 0
Alternatively:-
Rotate the figure 9 0 ° left:-
We observe that the relative velocity is 2 0 − 0 = 2 0 m / s , relative acceleration is 0 m / s 2 and distance is 8 0 m .
So, time = relative velocity distance = 2 0 8 0 = 4 . 0 0