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Your solution, attempt at solution. If you are unable to attempt a solution, give a phrase-by-phrase interpretation of the problem along with a statement of what you do or do not understand about it. This response should be given, based on the work you did in completing the assignment, before you look at the given solution.

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Question: `qQuery class notes #20

Explain how we calculate the components of a vector given its magnitude and its angle with the positive x axis.

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Your solution:

When given the magnitude and the angle with the positive x axis, you can calculate the x component by multiplying the magnitude by the cosine of the angle. You can find the y component by multiplying the magnitude by the sine of the angle.

If you are given only the x and y components you can find the length of the vector through the Pythagorean theorem, which is the ‘sqrt(x component^2+y componenet^2).

You can also find the angle of the vector with the positive x axis by taking the inverse tangent of y/x. If the y is negative then you add 360, but if the x is negative you add 180.

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Given Solution:

`a** STUDENT RESPONSE:

x component of the vector = magnitude * cos of the angle

y component of the vector = magnitude * sin of the angle

To get the magnitude and angle from components:

angle = arctan( y component / x component ); if the x component is less than 0 than we add 180 deg to the solution

To get the magnitude we take the `sqrt of ( x component^2 + y component^2) **

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Question: `qExplain what we mean when we say that the effect of a force is completely equivalent to the effect of two forces equal to its components.

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Your solution:

If force F is exerted in a specific direction then the effect is equal to if two forces acted in direction x and y, resulting in Fx and Fy.

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Given Solution:

`a** If one person pulls with the given force F in the given direction the effect is identical to what would happen if two people pulled, one in the x direction with force Fx and the other in the y direction with force Fy. **

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Question: `qExplain how we can calculate the magnitude and direction of the velocity of a projectile at a given point.

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Your solution:

We can calculate the magnitude of a velocity by taking the ‘sqrt(vx^2+vy^2). We can find the angle associated with this by tan^-1(y/x), if the y is negative then 360 degrees is added, if the x is negative then 180 degrees is added.

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Given Solution:

`a** Using initial conditions and the equations of motion we can determine the x and y velocities vx and vy at a given point, using the usual procedures for projectiles.

The magnitude of the velocity is sqrt(vx^2 + vy^2) and the angle with the pos x axis is arctan(vy / vx), plus 180 deg if x is negative. **

STUDENT QUESTION

this says that there are the magnitude and the angle with respect to the positvie x aixs, I am not quite clear on this ar ethey added

together?

INSTRUCTOR RESPONSE

If an object is thrown straight up in the air, its initial velocity is all in the vertical direction. Its angle as measured from the horizontal x axis is 90 degrees. It has no horizontal velocity; the horizontal component of its velocity is zero. In this case our calculations would verify the obvious:

cos(90 deg) = 0, so the x component of the velocity is v_x = v cos(90 deg) = v * 0 = 0.

sin(90 deg) = 1, so the y component of the velocity is v_y = v sin(90 deg) = v * 1 = v.

If an object is thrown in the horizontal direction, its angle with the horizontal is 0 degrees. Its velocity is wholly in the horizontal direction. The vertical component of its velocity is zero. Our calculations again verify this:

cos(0 deg) = 0, so the x component of this velocity is v_x = v cos(0 deg) = v * 0 = 0.

sin(0 deg) = 1, so the y component of this velocity is v_y = v sin(0 deg) = v * 1 = v.

Now if an object is thrown at some nonzero angle with horizontal, as it typically the case, the magnitudes of its velocity components are less than the magnitude of its velocity.

For example an object thrown at angle 45 degrees, halfway between the direction of the x axis and that of the y axis, has equal x and y components. Our calculation verifies this

cos(45 deg) = .71, approx., so the x component of this velocity is v_x = v cos(45 deg) = v * .71 = .71 v.

sin(45 deg) = .71, so the y component of this velocity is v_y = v sin(45 deg) = v * .71 = .71 v.

An object thrown at 30 degrees, closer to the direction of the x axis that to that of the y axis, has a velocity component in the x direction which is greater than that in the y direction. Our calculation will verify this:

cos(30 deg) = .87, approx., so the x component of this velocity is v_x = v cos(30 deg) = v * .87 = .87 v.

sin(30 deg) = .50, so the y component of this velocity is v_y = v sin(30 deg) = v * .50 = .50 v.

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Question: `qExplain how we can calculate the initial velocities of a projectile in the horizontal and vertical directions given the magnitude and direction of the initial velocity.

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Your solution:

We can calculate the initial velocity in the x direction by v cos(theta), where v is the velocity (magnitude) and theta is the direction.

We can calculate the initial velocity in the y direction by v sin(theta).

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Given Solution:

`a** Initial vel in the x direction is v cos(theta), where v and theta are the magnitude and the angle with respect to the positive x axis.

Initial vel in the y direction is v sin(theta). **

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Question: `qUniv. 8.63 (11th edition 8.58) (8.56 10th edition). 40 g, dropped from 2.00 m, rebounds to 1.60 m, .200 ms contact. Impulse? Ave. force?

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Given Solution:

`a** You have to find the momentum of the ball immediately before and immediately after the encounter with the floor. This allows you to find change in momentum.

Using downward as positive direction throughout:

Dropped from 2 m the ball will attain velocity of about 6.3 m/s by the time it hits the floor (v0=0, a = 9.8 m/s^2, `ds = 2 m, etc.).

It rebounds with a velocity v0 such that `ds = -1.6 m, a = 9.8 m/s^2, vf = 0. This gives rebound velocity v0 = -5.6 m/s approx.

Change in velocity is -5.6 m/s - 6.3 m/s = -11.9 m/s, approx. So change in momentum is about .04 kg * -11.9 m/s = -.48 kg m/s.

In .2 millliseconds of contact we have F `dt = `dp or F = `dp / `dt = -.48 kg m/s / (.0002 s) = -2400 Newtons, approx. **

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