Physics help please PHYSICS please?

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Physics homework help please physics help?
1) Estimate the following.
(a) how long it took King Kong to fall straight down from the top of a 280 m high building
_____ s
(b) his velocity just before "landing"
_____m/s upward or downward? 

2) A helicopter is ascending vertically with a speed of 2.50 m/s. At a height of 110 m above the Earth, a package is dropped from a window. How much time does it take for the package to reach the ground? [Hint: The package's initial speed equals the helicopter's.]
_______ s

3) A baseball pitcher throws a baseball with a speed of 42 m/s. In throwing the baseball, the pitcher accelerates the ball through a displacement of about d = 3.4 m, from behind the body to the point where it is released. Estimate the average acceleration of the ball during the throwing motion.
________ m/s2


4) A stone is thrown vertically upward with a speed of 13.0 m/s from the edge of a cliff 65.0 m high. 
(a) How much later does it reach the bottom of the cliff? 
_______ s 
(b) What is its speed just before hitting? 
_______ m/s 
(c) What total distance did it travel? 
______ m

royal_knight2005 · Accepted Answer

1)-
s=at^2/2+v1t
v1=0
s=at^2/2
2s=at^2
t^2=2s/a
a=9.81 m/s^2
2s=2*280=560 m
t^2=560/9.81=57.0846
t=7.555<----- time needed to fall down from 280 m high

Velocity =V
V=at+v1<----- V1=0
V=at= 9.81*7.555=74.11882 m/s<---- speed at the moment of impact 


2)-
because the speed of the helicopter is opposite to the falling speed we do the following
s=at^2/2 +v1t

v1=-2.5 m/s
s=110 m
a=9.81 m/s^2
110=9.81*0.5*t^2+(-2.5*t)
110=4.905t^2 - 2.5t
0=4.905t^2 - 2.5t -110 <--------- use your calculator   
t=--4.4.... s <-------- to be neglected cause time cant be negative 
t= 4.997313955 s


3)-
s=(v+v1)t/2
t=2s/(v+v1)
t= 3.4*2/42+0=6.8/42=0.1619 s
a=(v-v1)/t
a=42/0.1619=259.4118 m/s^2



4)-
we need to work out the needed time to come to zero velocity upwards
t= (V - V1)/a
V= 0
V1=13 m/s
a= -9.81 m/s^2
t= -13/-9.81=1.32517 s<---------- time @1
now we need to know the distance upwards
s=(V+V1)*t/2
s=(13*1.32517)/2= 8.6136 m

now add that to the cliff height to get the complete distance that to be traveled by the stone downwards
s=8.6136 + 65 
s= 73.6136 m

the time to travel that distance is 
s=at^2/2+V1t<------- V1 =0 
73.6136 =9.81*0.5*t^2
t^2=15.008 s^2 
t=3.874 s<-------------- time @2

so total time = time@1 +time@2= 5.19917912 s 




maybe!!!

Anonymous · Answer

I'll do the first for you... you can try the others yourself, otherwise you'll never learn.

1) a) S = +0.5 at²

t = 2S /a

t = 560/9.8

t = 57 seconds.

b) v = u + at
v = 0 + 9.8 x 57

v = 558.6 m/s (downwards, obviously)

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