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    1. The document contains 5 mechanics problems involving vectors and kinematics: proving diagonals of an equilateral parallelogram are perpendicular; relating unit vectors to angles; expressing a vector in terms of its component along a unit vector and perpendicular component; deriving an expression for acceleration from time measurements; and finding relative velocities between coordinate systems and particles moving in circles.

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    Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram

    Varsha 2021 - Assignment-1


    PHY111 Mechanics
     
     
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    1. Prove that the diagonals of an equilateral parallelogram are perpendicular.
     
    2. Let a and b be unit vectors in the xy plane making angles θ and φ with the z axis,
    respectively. Show that a = cos θ î + sin θ ĵ, b = cos φ î + sin φ ĵ, and using vector
    algebra prove that
    cos(θ − φ) = cos θ cos φ + sin θ sin φ.
     
    3. Let A be an arbitrary vector and let n̂ be a unit vector in some fixed direction. Show
    that A = (A.n̂)n̂ + (n̂ × A) × n̂.
     
    4. The acceleration of gravity can be measured by projecting a body upward and measuring
    the time that it takes to pass two given points in both directions.
    Show that if the time the body takes to pass a horizontal line A in both directions is
    TA , and the time to go by a second line B in both directions is TB , then, assuming that
    8h
    the acceleration is constant, its magnitude is g = 2
    , where h is the height of the
    TA2 − TB
    line B above line A.
     

     
     
     
    5. By relative velocity we mean velocity with respect to a specified coordinate system. (The
    term velocity, alone, is understood to be relative to the observer’s coordinate system.)
    (a) A point is observed to have velocity vA relative to coordinate system A. What is
    its velocity relative to coordinate system B, which is displaced from system A by
    R? (R can change in time)
    (b) Particles a and b move in opposite directions around a circle with angular speed ω,
    as shown. At t = 0 they are both at the point r = l ĵ, where l is the radius of the
    circle.
     
     
     
     

     
     
    Find the velocity of a relative to b.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
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