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  • Oct 8, 2010, 12:23 PM
    luis00
    projectile motion-physics

    Romeo is tossing pebbles at Juliet's window and wants the pebbles to hit the window gently, with only a horizontal component to their velocity, as they hit the window.

    He is standing at the edge of a rose garden 4.5m below her window and 5.0m from the base of the wall.

    ---------Horizontal displacement is 5.0m and vertical displacement is 4.5m
    --------I know that initial horizontal velocity is unknown and initial vertical velocity is 0
    ---------Final velocity for both is unknown
    ---------vertical acceleration = 9.8 and horizontal acceleration is 0


    My attempt:


    1) What is the y component of the initial velocity of the pebble as it leaves romeo's hand?

    Do I use, Vy0=x/t
    Vy0=4.5m/.958s=4.69m/s?


    2)How long does the pebble take from the time it leaves Romeo's hand to hit the window?


    Do I use t = (2y/g)^.5= .958s?

    For questions 3-5 I really have no idea how to solve, I think you use the following equation but again I don't know the values :/

    3)What is the velocity with which the pebble hits the window?
    v_horizontal = x/t

    4)Find the magnitude of the velocity with which Romeo tosses the pebble up?
    v = sqrt(vx² + vy²)

    5)Find the angle at which Romeo launches the pebbles?
    theta = arctan(vy/vx)


    I would appreciate any help, thanks!

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