CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EXAMINATION COUNCIL
SCHOOL-BASED ASSESSMENT
Ѳueens College
NAME OF CANDIDATE: Timur Varun Singh
CANDIDATE NUMBER: 0900411511
CENTER NUMBER: 090041
TERRITORY: Guyana
TEACHERS NAME: Sir Fidel
YEAR:2020
Acknowledgments
Special thanks to our teacher, Sir Fidel and Ms Liverpool who both helped to review our school-based
assessment.
Project Title
Path of Projectile
Problem Statement
Mark would like to make a water fountain uSing the principles of displacement and trajectory with a
fixed water speed of 16ms-1.
Variables
Gravity- g = 9.8ms-2
Displacement = s
Time = t
Initial velocity = u
Final velocity = v
Horizontal velocity = vx
Vertical velocity = vy
Angle of launch = Ѳ
Formulation
s = vave t
vave = 0.5(u + v)
v = u + 0.5gt
vx = u Cos Ѳ
Water Speed = 16ms-1
Angle of Launch = 50°
The velocity of the water at any point can be represented as the hypotenuse of a triangle where the other
sides are the vertical and horizontal velocities. The vertical and horizontal velocities are components of
the velocity.
The horizontal velocity of the water at any given point can be calculated however, it is constant Since
gravity does not affect it.
vx = ut Sin50°
The vertical velocity of the water at any given point can be calculated by using the Sin function instead
of the Cosine function. That value is then subtracted from half gravity × time squared, since gravity is
always acting on it
vy = ut Sin50° – 0.5gt2
Vertical Displacement
s = ut Sin Ѳ – 0.5gt2
From this formula the total time taken until the water reaches the ground can be calculated Since the
ground has a height of 0.
Time
0 = ut Sin50° – 0.5gt2
USin50° =0.5gt
2U Sin50°/g = t
32Sin50°/9.8 =t
t = 2.501s
Max Horizontal Distance
x=v×t
Vx = u · Cos50°
x = ut · Cos50°
=16 ms-1 × Cos50° × 2.501s
=25.726m
·
Max Vertical Distance
t
= 1.25s
2
s = ut · Sin Ѳ – 0.5gt2
=16 ms-1 × 1.25s × Sin50° – 0.5 × 9.8ms-2 × (1.25s)2
=7.665m
Trajectory of a Projectile
x = ut · Cos Ѳ
x
t=
u cos Ѳ
x 1 x
y =u Sin Ѳ - g( ¿2
u cos Ѳ 2 u cos Ѳ
g 2
y = x tan Ѳ – 2 x
2 ( uCos Ѳ )
9.8 2
y = x tan 50°– 2 x
2 ( uCos 50 ° )
This can be simplified to
y = ax2 + bx + c
a = tan Ѳ
g
b=– 2
2u Co s 2 Ѳ
c=0
Equation of Curve
y = ax2 + bx + c
From this parabola, the total distance travelled can be calculated:
25.726 2
x
∫
0
x tan50 ° – 4.9 ( )
16 cos 50°
dx=¿131.45
Total Distance travelled = 131.45m
After determining the range of the waterspout, Mark has decided that he wants a water fountain that has
a longer range without increasing the height of the spout.
Water Speed = 16ms-2
Angle of Launch = 45°
Vertical Displacement
s = ut Sin Ѳ – 0.5gt2
From this formula the total time taken until the water reaches the ground can be calculated since the
ground has a height of 0m
0 = ut · Sin50° – 0.5gt2
u · Sin45° = 0.5gt
2u · Sin45°/g = t
32 ms-1 · Sin45°/10 ms-2 = 2.31s
From the time, the max horizontal distance can be calculated:
x=v×t
Vx = u · Cos45°
x = u · Cos45° × t
=16 ms-1 × Cos45° ×2.31s
=26.13m
Also From the time, the max height can be calculated
t / 2 = 1.155s
s = ut · SinѲ – 0.5gt2
=16 ms-1 × 1.155s × Sin500 – 0.5 × 10 ms-2 × (1.155s)2
=6.53m
Trajectory of water
g
y = x tan 45° – x2
2 ( uCos 45 ° )2
Equation of the curve
y = ax2 + bx + c
a = tan Ѳ
g
b=– 2
2u Co s 2 Ѳ
c=0
From this parabola, the total distance travelled can be calculated:
26.13 2
x
∫
0
x tan 45 ° – 4.9 ( )
16 cos 45 °
dx =¿113.73
Total Distance travelled = 113.73m
Mark has just realized that there are no 45° spouts accessible to him so he has to settle for the 50° spout
but he wants the range of the 45° spout so he finally decides to raise the height at which the water is
shot.
From the already established quadratic formula in the first problem, another quadratic formula can made
which will suit the trajectory of the 50° spout.
26.13 26.13 2
y= Sin 50 - 4.9( ¿ +h
16 cos 50 16 cos 50
This equation can be simplified to:
y=x–h
y = x – 0.49
h = 0.49
y = mx + c
y = 1x – 0.49
The trajectory curve of the new solution is:
26.13 26.13 2
y= Sin 50 - 4.9( ¿ + 0.49
16 cos 50 16 cos 50
Henceforth the spout will have to be lifted 0.49m from the ground.