Question

A girl throws a water-filled ballon at an angle of 50 degrees above the horizontal with a speed of 15 m/s. The horizontal component of the balloon's velocity is directed toward a car that is approaching the girl at a constant speed of 10 m/s. If the balloon is to hit the car at the same height at which it leaves her hand, what is the maximum distance the car can be from the girl when the balloon is thrown? Ignore air resistance.

Answer 1

@Jack1 If you want to help. Feel free or we can do it tomorrow! It is already midnight in my timezone.

Answer 2

that's a good question
here, you need to break the projectile motion as usual into two directions-the vertical direction and the horizontal direction
uniformly accelerated motion in the vertical direction with acceleration g and uniform motion in horizontal direction
now we need the ballon to be thrown such that it hits the car
and it is said that 'balloon is to hit the car at the same height at which it leaves her hand'
so the ballon will complete the range of the projectile motion it traces and hits the car,
so the time of the projectile motion should be equal to the time taken by the car to go from it's initial position to the point where the ballon completes it's range
so,
time of projectile motion (t) = distance of car from the end point of the projectile motion(x)/10m/s
we know that the formula for the time of projectile motion = 2usin(theta)/g
where, u is the initial speed of the projectile, theta is the angle of projection from the horizontal and g is the acceleration due to gravity
so we get t= 2*15*sin(50deg)/9.8 = 2.34s
thus the distance travelled by the car is speed*time = 10*2.34 = 23.4m
and the car's distance from the point of projection i.e. from the girl = Range of projectile - distance travelled by the car
now, we need to find the range
we know that the fromula for range of a projectile = R = u^(2) * sin(2theta)/g
where, all the alphabets and symbols have their usual meaning
so we get the range = R = 22.61m
so the distance of the car from the girl = 22.61 - 23.4 = -0.79m
the '-' sign indicates that the car starts off from behind the girl
this may not be a very clear explanation so if you have any problem, feel free to ask!
hope this helps you:)

Answer 3

Hey I just got online! Will read and understand your text. Thank you and God bless mate.