Increasing Gravity

Classical Mechanics Level pending

At t = 0 t=0 on the planet Gravitus Increasicus, a projectile is fired with speed V 0 V_0 at an angle θ \theta above the horizontal. This planet is a strange one, in that the acceleration due to gravity increases linearly with time, starting with a value of zero when the projectile is fired. In other words, g ( t ) = β t , g(t) = \beta t, where β \beta is a given constant.

What should θ \theta be so that this horizonal distance is maximum?

If the answer can be written as θ = tan 1 x , \theta=\tan^{-1}x, find the value of x . x.


The answer is 0.707107.

This section requires Javascript.
You are seeing this because something didn't load right. We suggest you, (a) try refreshing the page, (b) enabling javascript if it is disabled on your browser and, finally, (c) loading the non-javascript version of this page . We're sorry about the hassle.

0 solutions

No explanations have been posted yet. Check back later!

0 pending reports

×

Problem Loading...

Note Loading...

Set Loading...