Question

An owl is carrying a mouse to the chicks in its nest. It is 4.00 m west and 12.0 m above the center of the 30 cm diameter nest and is flying east at 4.50 m/s at an angle 29° below the horizontal when it accidentally drops the mouse. Will it fall into the nest? Find out by solving for the horizontal position of the mouse (measured in meters from the point of release) when it has fallen the 12.0 m.

Answer 1

Using the kinematic equation The horizontal velocity of the owl is: -(4.50 m/s)cos 29 3.93 m/s The vertical velocity of the owl is Lo - (4.5 m/s)sin 29 Using kinematic equation of motion: 2 . 2(-217). 2(-12) -9.8 t-1.35 s The horizontal distance travelled by the owl is (3.93 m/s) (1.35 s) Hence the mouse falls 5.3 m away from the po int of release No, the owl is not lucky, the mouse just misses the nest