Question

In 1939 or 1940, Emanuel Zacchini took his human-cannonball act to an extreme: After being shot from a cannon, he soared over three Ferris wheels and into a net (see the figure). Assume that he is launched with a speed of 28 m/s and at an angle of 56. (a) Treating him as a particle, calculate his clearance over the first wheel. (b) If he reached maximum height over the middle wheel, by how much did he clear it? (c) How far from the cannon should the net's center have been positioned (neglect air drag)? 3.0m 18m 3.0m Net 56 22 m (a) Number Units (b) Number Units (c) Number Units

Answer 1

Concept: we first find out the time to reach the first wheel and then find out height at first wheel using the time as shown below using kinematics equations for two dimension projectile motion,

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