10/4/2017 MasteringPhysics: Assignment 2: Motion in 2-D

DeliveringaPackagebyAir

Areliefairplaneisdeliveringafoodpackagetoagroupofpeople
strandedonaverysmallisland.Theislandistoosmallfortheplaneto
landon,andtheonlywaytodeliverthepackageisbydroppingit.The
airplaneflieshorizontallywithconstantspeedof442km/houratan
altitudeof925m.Thepositivexandydirectionsaredefinedinthe
figure.Forallparts,assumethatthe"island"referstothepointata
distanceDfromthepointatwhichthepackageisreleased,asshown
inthefigure.Ignoretheheightofthispointabovesealevel.Assume
thattheaccelerationduetogravityisg=9.80m/s2 .

PartA
Afterapackageisdroppedfromtheplane,howlongwillittakeforittoreachsealevelfromthetimeitisdropped?Assume
thatthepackage,liketheplane,hasaninitialvelocityof442km/hourinthehorizontaldirection.

Expressyouranswernumericallyinseconds.Neglectairresistance.

Hint1.Knownsandunknowns:whataretheinitialconditions?
Taketheoriginofthecoordinatesystemtobeatthepointonthesurfaceofthewaterdirectlybelowthepointatwhich
thepackageisreleased.Thedirectionsoftheaxesareshowninthefigureintheproblemintroduction.Inthis
coordinatesystem,whatarethevaluesofx0 ,y0 ,v 0x ,v 0y ofthepackage?

Expressyouranswersnumericallyandenterthem,separatedbycommas,intheorderx0 ,y0 ,v 0x ,v 0y .Use

unitsofmetersandkm/hourfordistancesandspeeds,respectively.

Hint1.Initialvelocityintheydirection
Becausethepackageisdroppedhorizontally,theverticalcomponentofitsinitialvelocityiszero.

ANSWER:

x0 ,y0 ,v 0x ,v 0y = 0,925,442,0 m, m, km/hour, km/hour

Hint2.Whataretheknownsandunknownswhenthepackagehitstheground?
Taketheoriginofthecoordinatesystemtobeatthepointonthesurfaceofthewaterdirectlybelowthepointatwhich
thepackageisreleased.Thedirectionsoftheaxesareshowninthefigureintheproblemintroduction.Lettg bethe
timewhenthepackagehitstheground.Inthiscoordinatesystem,v x (tg ) =442km/hoursincethereisno
accelerationinthexdirection.Whichofthefollowingvaluesis/areknown?
Checkallthatapply.
ANSWER:
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x(t g )

y(t g )

v y (t g )

Hint3.Findthebestequationtouse
Whichoftheequationsbelowcouldyouusetofindthetimetg whenthepackethitstheground?

Hint1.Howtodeterminewhichequationtouse
Onlyoneofthequantitiesx(tg ),y(tg ),v y (tg )isknown.Whichone?Youhavetousetheequationthat
containsthisvariable.

ANSWER:

x = x0 + v 0x t

v y = v 0y gt

1 2
y= y + v0y t gt
0 2

ANSWER:

t = 13.7 s

Correct

PartB
Ifthepackageistolandrightontheisland,atwhathorizontaldistanceDfromtheplanetotheislandshouldthepackage
bereleased?
Expressthedistancenumericallyinmeters.

Hint1.Howtoapproachtheproblem
YouareaskedtofindD,whichisalsothechangeinthexcoordinateofthepackageoverthetimespentintheair.
YoushouldhavecalculatedthistimeintervalinPartA.UseittofindD.

Hint2.Theequationforx(t)
Sincethereisnoaccelerationinthehorizontaldirection,theequationforx(t)is
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ANSWER:

D = 1690 m

Correct

PartC
Whatisthespeedv f ofthepackagewhenithitstheground?
Expressyouranswernumericallyinmeterspersecond.

Hint1.Howtoapproachtheproblem

Thespeedisthemagnitudeofthevelocity,i.e., v 2x + vy
2
.Youalreadyknowthatv x 442km/hour,soyou
=

needtofindv y .Remembertobeconsistentinyourusageofunitswhencalculatingyouranswer.

Hint2.Theequationforthevelocityintheydirection
Theequationforthevelocityintheydirectionv y (t)is

v y (t) = v 0y + ay t.

Ifyouhavecompletedtheearlierparts,youshouldknowallthequantitiesontherightside.

ANSWER:

vf = 182 m/s

Correct

PartD
Thespeedatwhichthepackagehitsthegroundisreallyfast!Ifapackagehitsthegroundatsuchaspeed,itcanbe
crushedandalsocausesomeseriousdamageontheground.Whichofthefollowingwouldhelpdecreasethespeedwith
whichthepackagehitstheground?
ANSWER:

Increasetheplane'sspeedandheight

Decreasetheplane'sspeedandheight

Correct
Thisiswhyitwouldbeniceforrescueteamstohavehybridairplanehelicopters.Ofcourse,thentheycanjustairliftthe
strandedgroup.
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