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126. A body falling freely from a given height ' H ' above the ground and it hits an inclined plane in its path at
height ' h '. As a result of this impact the direction of the velocity of the body becomes horizontal. For what
value of (h/H) the body will take maximum time to reach the ground?
127. Two guns, situated on the top of a hill of height 10 m, fire one shot each with the same speed 5 3 ms 1 at
some interval of time. One gun fires horizontally and other fires upward at an angle of 60° with the
horizontal. The shots collide in air at a point P. Find
(i) the time-interval between the firings.
(ii) the coordinates of the point P.
Take origin of the coordinate system at the foot of the hill right below the muzzle and trajectories in x-y
plane.
128. If be the angle between tangents at the extremities of any arc of a parabolic path, v and v ' the velocities at
these extremities and u the velocity at the vertex of the path, Find the time taken in describing the arc.
129. A gun fires a shell with a muzzle velocity u. Show that the farthest horizontal distance at which an aeroplane
u
at a height h can be hit is u 2 2gh . Also find the angle with horizontal at which the shell has to be
g
fired for this.
130. A stone is projected from ground in such a direction so as to hit a bird on the top of a vertical pole of height h
and afterwards attain a maximum height of 2h above ground. If at the moment of throwing the stone, the
bird flies away horizontally with constant velocity and the stone still hits the bird, find the ratio of horizontal
velocity of stone to that of the bird.
131. A marble is projected in a viscous fluid, with an initial speed u at an angle above the horizontal. Drag force
of the fluid results in an acceleration a D kv in addition to that of gravity, where k is a positive constant
and v is the velocity of the marble. Take origin at point of projection and the plane of motion as x-y plane
with x-axis in horizontal and y-axis in vertically upward direction.
(i) Find position coordinates of the marble after time t.
(ii) x and y components of velocity of the marble as functions of time t.
(iii) What is the terminal velocity of the marble?
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132. A large, heavy box is sliding without friction down a smooth plane of inclination .
From a point P on the bottom of the box, a particle is projected inside the box. The
initial speed of the particle with respect to the box is u, and the direction of
projection makes an angle with the bottom as shown in the figure.
(i) Find the distance along the bottom of the box between the point of projection P and the point Q
where the particle lands. (Assume that the particle does not hit any other surface of the box. Neglect
air resistance).
(ii) If the horizontal displacement of the particle as seen by an observer on the ground is zero, find the
speed of the box with respect to the ground at the instant when particle was projected.
133. Figure shows two parallel and inclined plank A and B at angle
to horizontal. From a point M, midway between planks, a particle is
projected such that it grazes plank A and hits plank B normally.
Find angle of projection of particle from horizontal.
134. Figure shows a fixed wedge block with its smooth inclined
surface at 30. From point A on the inclined surface a
particle is projected at 3m/s in the plane of incline at an
angle 60° to the line parallel to its base. Find the speed of
particle after 2 seconds.
135. A particle is projected with velocity u from a point on a plane inclined at angle to the horizontal. If r and
1 1
r ' be the maximum ranges up and down the incline plane, prove that is independent of inclination of
r r'
the plane, and also find its value.
136. A cannon installed at the top of a hill can fire shells in all
directions. There is an enemy bunker at an angle of elevation and
a distance d from the cannon. All the shells fired, explode in air in d
time T before they reach the bunker. At what angle to the
horizontal, should a shell be fired with a speed u to explode closest
to the bunker? Acceleration due to gravity is g.
137. Angle of projection for the maximum horizontal range of a projectile is 45°, if the point of projection and the
point of landing are in the same horizontal level. Determine the angle of projection for the maximum
horizontal range of a projectile, if the point of landing is at a depth h below the point of projection.
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138. A particle is moving on a circular path at constant tangential acceleration starting from rest. After time t,
total acceleration of particle makes an angle 45° with radial direction. Find the angular acceleration of
particle in terms of t.
139. A rod AB is moving on a fixed circle of radius R with a constant velocity u as
shown in figure. P is the point of intersection of rod and the circle. At an
3R
instant rod is at a distance x from centre of circle. The velocity of rod
5
is normal to its length and rod always remains parallel to the diameter CD.
Find the speed at which point P moves on the circle at this instant.
140. A vertical cylinder of radius R is fixed on a horizontal surface. A small
disc M is attached to the cylinder by a horizontal thread MB of length l0,
one end of which is attached to cylinder at point B as shown. The disc is
thrown with an initial velocity v0 so that thread starts winding over the
surface of cylinder as the disc moves on the horizontal surface (which is
smooth). Find the time after which disc will strike the cylinder.
141. A particle moves along the plane trajectory y(x) with velocity v whose modulus is constant. Find the
acceleration of the particle at point x = 0 and the curvature radius of the trajectory at that point if the
trajectory has the form :
(i) of a parabola y = ax2.
(ii) of an ellipse (x/a)2 + (y/b)2 = 1. (a & b are constants)
142. A solid body rotates with deceleration about a stationary axis with an angular deceleration , where
is its angular velocity. Find the mean angular velocity of the body averaged over the whole time of rotation if
at the initial moment of time its angular velocity is equal to 0.
143. A straight track is tangent to a circular track of radius r. Two material
A
points A and B start simultaneously from the common point of the
tracks. The point A moves with uniform velocity u on the straight track B
whereas the point B on the circular track always keeping itself collinear
with the centre of the circular track and the point A. Find suitable
expression for magnitude of acceleration of the point B when it is at
angular position .
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144. Two towers AB and CD are situated a distance d apart as shown in figure. AB
is 20 m high and CD is 30 m high from the ground. An object of mass m is
thrown from the top of AB horizontally with a velocity of 10 m/s towards CD.
Simultaneously another object of mass 2 m is thrown from the top of CD at an
angle 60 below the horizontal towards AB with the same magnitude of initial
velocity as that of the first object. The two objects move in the same vertical
plane, collide in mid-air and stick to each other.
(i) Calculate the distance d between the towers.
(ii) Find the distance from B where the objects hit the ground.
145. An object A is kept fixed at the point x = 3 m and y = 1.25 m on a
plank P raised above the ground. At time t = 0 the plank starts moving
along + x direction with an acceleration 1.5 m/s2. At the same instant
a stone is projected from the origin with a velocity u as shown. A
stationary person on the ground observes the stone hitting the object
during its downward motion at an angle of 45 to the horizontal. All
the motions are in the x-y plane.
(i) Find u .
(ii) Find the time after which the stone hits the object.
146. On a frictionless horizontal surface, assumed to be the x-y plane, a small trolley A is moving along a straight
line parallel to the y-axis (see figure) with a constant velocity of ( 3 1) m / s . At a particular instant, when
the line OA makes an angle of 45° with the x-axis, a ball is thrown along the surface from the origin O. Its
velocity makes an angle with the x-axis and it hits the trolley.
(i) The motion of the ball is observed from the frame of the
trolley. Calculate the angle made by the velocity vector of
the ball with the x-axis in this frame.
(ii) Find the speed of the ball with respect to the surface if 4 / 3 .
147. Two particles A and B are separated by a distance . At t = 0,
they start moving with constant speeds u and v respectively (u <
v). A moves along x-axis as shown and B moves in such a way
that its velocity is always directed towards A. Find the time after
which they collide.
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148. An aircraft is flying horizontally with a constant velocity of
200m/s at a height of 1 km above ground. At the moment shown,
a bomb is released from the aircraft and the cannon gun below
fires a shell with initial speed 200 m/s at an angle with
horizontal. For what value of will the shell destroy the bomb
mid-air?
149. A cricket fielder can throw a cricket ball with speed v0 . If he throws the ball forward at an angle to the
horizontal while running with speed u ,
(i) What is the effective angle with horizontal at which the ball is projected as seen by a spectator at
rest?
(ii) What is the distance (horizontal range) from the point of projection at which the ball will land?
(neglect the height of fielder)
(iii) Find at which he should throw the ball that would maximise the horizontal range.
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