How long does it take to hit?

Classical Mechanics Level pending

A stone is thrown at an angle 45 ° 45\degree above horizontal with speed 179.315 179.315 m/s. It hits a plane inclined at an angle 60 ° 60\degree with horizontal normally. After what time in seconds from the moment of projection will the stone hit the plane?

Acceleration due to gravity is 10 10 m/s 2 ^2

Give your answer as the integer closest to the value of time.


The answer is 20.

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Let the velocity of the stone just before hitting the plane be v v . Since the stone hits the plane normally, the horizontal component of this velocity is v cos 30 ° = v 3 2 v\cos 30\degree=\dfrac{v√3}{2} . Since there is no acceleration in the horizontal direction, v 3 2 = 179.315 cos 45 ° = 179.315 2 \dfrac{v√3}{2}=179.315\cos 45\degree=\dfrac{179.315}{√2} . Similarly, for the vertical component of velocity, we can write v sin 30 ° = 179.315 sin 45 ° g t = 179.315 2 10 t -v\sin 30\degree=179.315\sin 45\degree-gt=\dfrac{179.315}{\sqrt 2}-10t , or v 2 = 10 t 179.315 2 \dfrac{v}{2}=10t-\dfrac{179.315}{\sqrt 2} . From these we get t = ( 3 + 1 ) × 179.315 10 6 19.999989 t=\dfrac{(√3+1)\times 179.315}{10√6}\approx {19.999989} . Hence the answer is 20 \boxed {20}

How do we know that it hits the plane normally? I couldn't solve this problem because there are infinitely many planes with that slope, each with a unique time value.

Steven Chase - 1 year, 3 months ago

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Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention this condition in the problem. Editing it.

A Former Brilliant Member - 1 year, 3 months ago

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