Projectile motion of baseball

When you throw a baseball obliquely in the air, it shows a projectile motion as in the picture. Suppose that the height of the ball 1 1 second after you throw it is 25 25 m. Then how many seconds will it take for the ball to reach the peak, from the moment you throw the ball?

Gravitational acceleration is 10 m/s 2 10 \text{m/s}^2 , and air resistance is negligible.

3 \sqrt{3} seconds 5 5 seconds 3 3 3\sqrt{3} second 3 3 seconds

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4 solutions

Captain Awesome
Mar 23, 2014

Δ y \Delta y , which is the vertical displacement, or height, can be expressed by the following equation: Δ y = v i , y t 1 2 g t 2 \Delta y = v_{i,y}t - \frac{1}{2}gt^2 .

By letting Δ y = 25 \Delta y = 25 , t = 1 t = 1 , and g = 10 g = 10 , one can solve for v i , y v_{i,y} :

v i , y = Δ y + 1 2 g t 2 v_{i,y} = \Delta y + \frac{1}{2}gt^2

v i , y = 30 v_{i,y} = 30

At the peak of its trajectory, we know that the vertical component of its velocity is zero, that is, v f , y = 0 v_{f,y} = 0 . Using the formula v f , y = v i , y g t v_{f,y} = v_{i,y} - gt :

t = v f , y v i , y g t = \frac{v_{f,y} - v{i,y}}{-g}

t = 3 t = \boxed{3}

Chetan Yadav
Mar 14, 2014

x=ut+ a(t*t)/2

as t=1 ,a=-10 ==> u=30

v=u+at

at highest point v=0

==> 0=30-10(t)

==> t=3

Joseph Powers
Sep 8, 2020

If the projectile went 25m in 1 second, then the average speed was 25m/s. Therefore, the initital speed was 30m/s and the final was 20m/s averaging 25m/s over that 1 second interval. At 1 second later it will lose another 10m/s due to gravity and be traveling at 10m/s. Finally it has 1 second more to get to 0m/s. This is 3 seconds. In summary at 0s it is moving 30m/s, at 1s it is moving 20m/s, t 2s it is moving 10m/s and at 3s it is moving 0m/s,

Jaivir Singh
Apr 16, 2014

because projection speed is 30 m/sec

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