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This document provides the solution to problem 29 from chapter 3 of a college physics textbook. The problem asks the student to calculate the height of a building if a brick is thrown from the top of the building at an angle of 25 degrees and speed of 15 m/s, and is in flight for 3.0 seconds. The solution shows applying the kinematic equations for horizontal and vertical motion to the given values to determine the vertical displacement of -25.08 meters, making the height of the building 25 meters.

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This document provides the solution to problem 29 from chapter 3 of a college physics textbook. The problem asks the student to calculate the height of a building if a brick is thrown from the top of the building at an angle of 25 degrees and speed of 15 m/s, and is in flight for 3.0 seconds. The solution shows applying the kinematic equations for horizontal and vertical motion to the given values to determine the vertical displacement of -25.08 meters, making the height of the building 25 meters.

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MCCC FALL 2010 COLLEGE PHYSICS 101

Chapter 3 Vectors and Two-Dimensional Motion


Solution for Problem 29, page 78

A brick is thrown upward from the top of a building at an angle of 250 to the
horizontal and with an initial speed of 15 m/s. If the brick is in flight for 3.0 s, how
tall is the building?

Goal:

To find the height of the building, we need the displacement of the projectile in
the y-direction after 3.0 s from the time it was launched.

Dr. Padma Ganesh, Course Instructor


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Strategy:

The straight forward application of the set of the three kinematic equations each
for the x-direction and y-direction can be used for this problem because these
equations are valid for the entire duration (3.0 s) of the flight. We assume
upward direction to be along the positive y-axis and the origin (0, 0) to coincide
with the point of launch.

x-direction y-direction

Given:

Initial speed =magnitude of initial velocity vector = 15 m/s

Launching Angle to the horizontal = =250

Time of travel = 3.0 s

Step 1:

Find which are the x-component of the initial velocity vector and y-
component of the initial velocity vector respectively.

Using

and substituting given values from above, we write,

Step 2:

We know that for the projectile throughout the


flight.

Dr. Padma Ganesh, Course Instructor


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Step 3:

Substitute the values from Step 1 and Step 2 and the value of t = 3.0 s into the
kinematic equation no. 2 for the y-direction as follows:

= (6.34) x (3.0) + x (-9.80) x (3.0)2 = -25.08 m

Height of the building = 25 m (answer given to 2 significant figures)

Dr. Padma Ganesh, Course Instructor


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