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    The document discusses a particle projected at an angle from the origin under gravity. It finds the values of the projection angle that result in the particle's position and velocity vectors being perpendicular twice during flight. The possible angles are found to be those where the sine of the angle is positive or negative one.

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    The text discusses the motion of a particle projected at an angle and derives an expression for its position vector. It asks to find the value(s) of θ for which the position and velocity vectors are perpendicular during flight.

    The position and velocity vectors will be perpendicular when the sine component of the position vector is 0, i.e. utsinθ - gt2 = 0.

    The possible values of θ that satisfy the perpendicular condition are θ = 0 and θ = π/2 since sinθ = 0 only when θ is 0 or π/2.

    Question 16 (continued)

    (b) A particle which is projected from the origin with initial speed u m s−1 at an 5
    angle of q to the positive x-axis lands on the x-axis, as shown in the diagram.
    The particle is subject to an acceleration due to gravity of g m s−2.

    q
    O x

    The position vector of the particle, r ( t ), where t is the time in seconds after the
    particle is projected, is given by 

    ⎛ ut cosθ ⎞
    r (t ) = ⎜ gt 2 ⎟. (Do NOT prove this.)
     ⎜− + ut sin θ ⎟
    ⎝ 2 ⎠

    For some value(s) of q there will be two times during the time of flight when the
    particle’s position vector is perpendicular to its velocity vector.

    Find the value(s) of q for which this occurs, justifying that both times occur
    during the time of flight.

    (c) Sketch the region of the complex plane defined by Re( z ) ≥ Arg( z ) where Arg( z ) 3
    is the principal argument of z.

    End of paper

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