Skier follows a curve

A skier travels with a constant speed of 6 m / s 6~m/s along a parabolic path y = x 2 20 y=\frac{x^2}{20} . If the acceleration of the skier when he is at ( 10 , 5 ) (10,5) is a b c \large{\frac{a\sqrt{b}}{c}} . Neglect the size of skier. Find a + b + c a+b+c

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a , c , a,c, are co prime natural numbers and b b is a square free number


The answer is 21.

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1 solution

Satvik Choudhary
Jun 2, 2015

Since the speed is constant there is no tangential acceleration the only acceleration is in radial direction which can be given by

a = v 2 r a=\frac {v^{2}}{r}

where r can be calculated by the formula

r = [ 1 + ( d y d x ) 2 ] 3 2 d 2 y d x 2 r=\frac {[1+(\frac{dy}{dx})^{2}]^\frac {3}{2}}{\frac {d^{2}y}{dx^{2}}}

y = x 2 20 y=\frac {x^{2}}{20}

d y d x = 2 x 20 = x 10 \frac {dy}{dx}=\frac {2x}{20}=\frac {x}{10}

d 2 y d x 2 = d d x ( d y d x ) = d d x ( x 10 ) = 1 10 \frac {d^{2}y}{dx^{2}}= \frac {d}{dx}(\frac {dy}{dx})=\frac {d}{dx}(\frac {x}{10})=\frac{1}{10}

Putting in the values we get

d y d x = 10 10 = 1 \frac {dy}{dx}=\frac {10}{10}=1

r = [ 1 + ( d y d x ) 2 ] 3 2 d 2 y d x 2 = 20 2 r=\frac {[1+(\frac{dy}{dx})^{2}]^\frac {3}{2}}{\frac {d^{2}y}{dx^{2}}}=20\sqrt {2}

a = 9 2 10 a=\frac {9\sqrt {2}}{10}

A n s . i s 21 Ans.is \boxed{21}

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Satvik Choudhary - 6 years ago

its a problem of pcmb today

Shivam Jadhav - 6 years ago

How did you get the formulae for r? Please help me !

Shivam Hinduja - 6 years ago

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This is a famous formula, like the equations of motion. You don't need to derive these formulas every time you use it. You just know them

Aeshit Singh - 6 years ago

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Sorry, but I am new to these kind of formulas. Hence ,I need it's derivation to understand it better.

Shivam Hinduja - 6 years ago

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@Shivam Hinduja Here is a derivation if you want some help. But, you may first like to go through some videos on youtube to clear your concepts

Aeshit Singh - 6 years ago

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@Aeshit Singh Thanks!! Learnt something new today.

Shivam Hinduja - 6 years ago

It's the formula for the curvature of a function from calculus.

Tristan Goodman - 2 years, 2 months ago

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