Gravity Projectile again

From an elevated point A, a stone is projected vertically upwards.

When the stone reaches a distance H below A, its velocity is double of what it was at the same height above A.

The greatest height attained by the stone is n H 3 \frac{nH}{3} Then find n.


The answer is 5.

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1 solution

Saurabh Patil
Apr 19, 2015

As the principal of conservation of energy says that the loss in potential energy is equal to gain in kinetic energy for a system so the speed of the object remains the same only the direction changes . So the velocity of the object at the height H is ( let it be ) = v and as per given information the velocity below point of projection is 2 v , and let the initial projection velocity = u .

Now we have velocity above point of projection at H height as v 2 = u 2 2 g H v^{2} = u^{2} - 2gH and we have velocity below point of projection at H depth as ( 2 v ) 2 = u 2 + 2 g H (2v)^{2} = u^{2} +2gH

Solving these two equations we get 3 v 2 = 4 g H 3v^{2} = 4gH

and so we have 5 2 v 2 = u 2 \frac{5}{2}v^{2} = u^{2}

and at highest point of the trajectory for the particle the velocity is zero and so u 2 = 2 g ( m a x i m u m h e i g h t ) u^{2} = 2g(maximum height) m a x i m u m h e i g h t = u 2 2 g maximum height = \frac{u^{2}}{2g}

which after calculation gives

m a x i m u m h e i g h t = 5 H 3 maximum height = \frac{5H}{3}

so n = 5 n = 5

nice explanation

abhishek anand - 6 years, 1 month ago

Did the same way sir.nice solution.+1

Rishabh Tiwari - 5 years, 1 month ago

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