Question

A student throws a water balloon with speed vo from a height h = 1.52 m at an angle θ=39° above the horizontal toward a target on the ground. The target is located a horizontal distance d = 7.5 m from the student's feet. Assume that the balloon moves without air resistance. Use a Cartesian coordinate system with the origin at the balloon's initial position. 

Part (a) what is the position vector, Rtarget that originates from the balloon's original position and terminates at the target? Put this in terms of h and d, and represent it as a vector using i and j.

Part (b) In terms of the variables in the problem, determine the time, t, after the launch it takes the balloon to reach the target. 

Part (c) Create an expression for the balloon's vertical position as a function of time, y(t), in terms of t, v0,  g, and θ. 

Part (d) Determine the magnitude of the balloon's initial velocity, vo-in meters per second, by eliminating t from the previous two expressions.

Answer 1