Suzy drops a rock from the roof of her house. Mary sees the rock pass her 2.9 m tall window in 0.134 sec. From how high above the top of the window was the rock dropped? The acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/s 2 . Answer in units of m.

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Answer:

Explanation:

Given

length of window [tex]h=2.9\ m[/tex]

time Frame for which rock can be seen is [tex]\Delta t=0.134\ s[/tex]

Suppose h is height above which rock is dropped

Time taken to cover [tex]h+2.9 is t_1[/tex]

so using equation of motion

[tex]y=ut+\frac{1}{2}at^2[/tex]

where  y=displacement

u=initial velocity

a=acceleration

t=time

time taken to travel h  is

[tex]h=0+0.5\times g\times (t_2)^2---2[/tex]

Subtract 1 and 2 we get

[tex]2.9=0.5g(t_1^2-t_2^2)[/tex]

[tex]5.8=g(t_1+t_2)(t_1-t_2))[/tex]

and from equation [tex]t_1-t_2=0.134\ s[/tex]

so [tex]t_1+t_2=\frac{5.8}{9.8\times 0.134}[/tex]

[tex]t_1+t_2=4.416\ s[/tex]

and [tex]t_1=t_2+\Delta t[/tex]

so [tex]t_2+\Delta t+t_2=4.416[/tex]

[tex]2t_2+0.134=4.416[/tex]

[tex]t_2=0.5\times 4.282[/tex]

[tex]t_2=2.141\ s[/tex]

substitute the value of [tex]t_2[/tex] in equation 2

[tex]h=0.5\times 9.8\times (2.141)^2[/tex]

[tex]h=22.46\ m[/tex]

                                                     

The rock was dropped from a height of 23.69m from the top of the window.

Let the initial velocity of the rock at the top of the window be [tex]v[/tex].

Given

the height of the window [tex]h=2.9m[/tex] and the time taken to pass the window is [tex]t=0.134s[/tex]

Kinematics equation of motion:

so from the second equation of motion:

[tex]h=vt+\frac{1}{2}gt^2[/tex]

[tex]2.9=0.134v+0.5\times9.8\times(0.134)^2\\\\v=21.55m/s[/tex]

Now when the rock falls from its original position, its initial velocity is [tex]u=0[/tex], let the distance between the position from where it falls and the top of the window be [tex]d[/tex],

so, applying the third equation of motion we get that:

[tex]v^2=u^2+2gd\\\\(21.55)^2=2\times9.8\times d\\\\d=23.69m[/tex]is the height above the top of the window from which the rock falls.

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