A very famous projectile problem(those who know can ignore)

What is the minimum speed to hit the co-ordinate (a,b) if fired from the origin ? (gravity = g , along negative Y axis)

11 Answers

1
lanuk ·

is it v=√u2-2gb ??????????

where u=initial velo....b=height it attains

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pritishmasti ............... ·

is this the answer???

v_{min} = \frac{ga^{2}}{b + \sqrt{a^{2}+ b^{2}}}

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AKHIL ·

i think the ans is ga2 / b + √a2 + b2 indeed

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Subhomoy Bakshi ·

are u sure that the terms will be irrespective of the u term?

i think that cannot be the case!

i get this as answer:

v_{min}=\sqrt{\left(u-1 \right)^2+\left( \frac{ag}{u}\right)^2}

u=initial vel of projection

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AKHIL ·

dude he is askin for v min....

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pritishmasti ............... ·

subhomoy what is 'u' here?

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Hodge Conjecture ·

1st with the help of equation of trajectory we can write...

b= a tan\phi - ga22u2cos2 \phi → (1)

in this equation there are 2 unknown namely , \phi and u.

in the question its given that it shud reach (a,b) with min. speed.... it means that at b final speed should be zero.....so applying that condition...

0= u2sin2\phi - 2gb →(2)

so there are 2 unknown and 2 equation....solving these we should get the ans......

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pritishmasti ............... ·

subhomoy 'umin' hi toh nikalna hai
i too made a mistake in posting the above answer
v_{min} = \sqrt{\frac{ga^{2}}{b + \sqrt{a^{2}+b^{2}}}}

i solved it like this:

from -equation-of-trajectory

v^{2} = \frac{1}{2}\frac{ga^{2}}{(atan\Theta - b)cos^{2}\Theta}

so for vmin we have to maximise - (atanθ - b)cos2θ

using application of derivative ,for maximum value of above term

tan\Theta = \frac{b + \sqrt{a^{2} + b^{2}}}{a}
and
2cos^{2}\Theta = \frac{b +\sqrt{a^{2} + b^{2}}}{\sqrt{a^{2} + b^{2}}}
putting these values in first equation
v_{min} = \sqrt{\frac{ga^{2}}{b + \sqrt{a^{2}+b^{2}}}}

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Subhomoy Bakshi ·

i used,

a=ucosθt

and found value of t in terms of a

vx=ucosθ

vy=usinθ-gt=usinθ-agucosθ

then used v=√vx2+vy2

and applied maxima and minima for fixed u and variable θ!!

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SatyaPriya Ojha ·

from the equation of trajectory

b = a tanθ - ga2/2v2cos2θ
b = atanθ - ga2(1+tan2θ)/2v2
(ga2/2v2)tan2θ - atanθ + (ga2/2v2+b) = 0

tanθ is real ,

a 2 >= 4.(ga2/2v2)(ga2/2v2+b)

(v4 - 2bgv2 ) ≥ g2a2

(v2 - bg)2 ≥g2(a2+b2)

Vmin = √bg+g√(a2+b2)

1
shubhi gupta ·

Vmin = √bg+g√(a^+b^2)

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