UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN

Centre
Course
Year/ Trimester
Session

: Centre for Foundation Studies (CFS)

: Foundation in Science
: Year 1 / Trimester 1
: 201505

Unit Code
Unit Title

: FHSC1014
: Mechanics

Additional Tutorial 3: Projectile motion and Laws of motion

1. Two crickets, Chirpy and Milada, jump from the top of a vertical cliff. Chirpy just drops from
a vertical cliff with a height of 350 m, while Milada jumps horizontally with an initial speed
of 8.0 m/s. How far from the base of the cliff will Milada hit the ground? [67.6 m]
2. A ball is given an initial velocity of 30.0 m/s at an angle of 60.0o with respect to the
horizontal. What are the horizontal and vertical displacements after 5.00 s? [75.0 m, 7.40 m]
3. A soccer player kicks the ball toward a goal that is 16.8 m in front of him. The ball leaves his
foot at a speed of 16.0 m/s and an angle of 28.0 above the ground. Find the speed of the ball
when the goalie catches it in front of the net. [14.7 m/s]
4. The best leaper in the animal kingdom is the puma, which can jump to a height of 3.7 m when
leaving the ground at an angle of 45. With what speed must the animal leave the ground to
reach that height? [12 m/s]
5. A fireman d = 50.0 m away from a burning building
directs a stream of water from a ground-level fire hose at
an angle of i = 30.0 above the horizontal as shown in
figure. If the speed of the stream as it leaves the hose is vi
= 40.0 m/s, at what height will the stream of water strike
the building? [18.6 m]

6. A 970-kg car starts from rest on a horizontal roadway and accelerates eastward for 5.00 s
when it reaches a speed of 25.0 m/s. What is the average force exerted on the car during this
time? [4.85 kN eastward]
7. The force exerted by the wind on the sails of a sailboat is 390 N towards North. The water
exerts a force of 180 N towards East. If the boat (including its crew) has a mass of 270 kg,
2

what are the magnitude and direction of its acceleration? [ a 1.59 m/s at 65.2 N of E ]

UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN

Centre
Course
Year/ Trimester
Session

: Centre for Foundation Studies (CFS)

: Foundation in Science
: Year 1 / Trimester 1
: 201505

Unit Code
Unit Title

: FHSC1014
: Mechanics

Solutions for Additional Tutorial 3: Projectile motion and Laws of motion

1.

s y u y t 12 gt 2
350 0 12 (9.80)t 2
t 8.45 s
R u x t (8.0)(8.45) 67.6 m

2. u x 30.0 cos 60.0 m/s

u y 30.0 sin 60.0

m/s
s x u x t (30.0 cos 60.0 )(5.00) 75.0 m
s y u y t 12 gt 2 (30.0 sin 60.0 )(5.00) 12 (9.8)(5.00) 2 7.40

3. The time that the soccer ball is in the air is

x
16.8
t

1.19 s
u x 16.0 cos 28.0
v y u y a y t (16.0 sin 28.0) 9.80(1.19) 4.15 m/s
The speed of the ball is
2

v v x v y 14.7 m/s

4.

At the maximum height, vy = 0,

uy
v y u y a yt t
g
2

u u
y u y v y t u y 0 0 y
2g
g
1
2

1
2

u y 2 gy 2 9.80 3.7 8.5 m/s

v0

uy
sin

8 .5
12 m/s
sin 45

5.

vix 40.0 cos 30.0 34.6 m/s

viy 40.0 sin 30.0 20.0 m/s
t

x 50.0

1.44 s
u x 34.6

h viyt 12 a y t 2 20.0 1.44 12 9.80 1.44 18.6 m

2

6.

7.

v u at a

v u 25.0 0

5.00 m/s 2
t
5.00

F ma 970 5.00 4.85 10

N 4.85 kN eastward

Since the two forces are perpendicular to each other, their resultant is
FR

180 2 390 2

430 N

390

65.2 N of E
180

F
430
a R
1.59 m/s 2
m 270
a 1.59 m/s 2 at 65.2 N of E

tan 1