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Diagram of forces acting on bus once it leaves the road. | Diagram of forces acting on bus once it leaves the road. | ||
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- | Equation | + | General equation for position up date formula |
- | $y_f - y_i = v_{iy} \Delta{t} + \dfrac{1}{2} \dfrac{F_{net,y}}{m} \Delta{t^2}$ | + | $$\vec{r}_{f} |
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+ | Equation for determining $\Delta{t}$ in constant force situations. | ||
==== Solution ==== | ==== Solution ==== | ||
- | At ground | + | In this problem we know the only force acting on the bus is the force due to gravity which acts solely in the y-direction. |
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+ | The bus has an initial velocity in the x-direction of $80m/s^{-1}$ but with no forces acting in the x-direction this velocity will remain constant. | ||
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+ | This x-velocity has no effect on the amount of time it takes for the bus to reach the ground. Just as the z-velocity does not either. | ||
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+ | The force due to gravity is constant so we can use the equation for position up date formula for constant force systems. | ||
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+ | We know the final position of the bus is the ground where the y-component of the position vector is 0. | ||
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+ | We know the bus is accelerating towards the ground | ||
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+ | Since we are concerned only with the y-component of the motion we can use the y-component version of the position update equation: | ||
$y_f - y_i = v_{iy} \Delta{t} + \dfrac{1}{2} \dfrac{F_{net, | $y_f - y_i = v_{iy} \Delta{t} + \dfrac{1}{2} \dfrac{F_{net, | ||
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+ | At ground $y_f = 0$; the bus initially leaves the road at $y_i = 40$. | ||
$0 - 40 = v_{iy} \Delta{t} + \dfrac{1}{2} \dfrac{-mg}{m} \Delta{t^2}$ | $0 - 40 = v_{iy} \Delta{t} + \dfrac{1}{2} \dfrac{-mg}{m} \Delta{t^2}$ | ||
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+ | The masses cancel. | ||
$ -40 = v_{iy} \Delta{t} + -\dfrac{1}{2} {g} \Delta{t^2}$ | $ -40 = v_{iy} \Delta{t} + -\dfrac{1}{2} {g} \Delta{t^2}$ | ||
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+ | Rearrange the equation. | ||
$ -40 -v_{iy} \Delta{t} = -\dfrac{1}{2} {g} \Delta{t^2}$ | $ -40 -v_{iy} \Delta{t} = -\dfrac{1}{2} {g} \Delta{t^2}$ | ||
- | $ -40 -v_{iy} = -\dfrac{1}{2} {g} \Delta{t}$ | + | Sub in values for $v_{iy}$ and ${g}$ |
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+ | $ -40 -*(+7 \Delta{t}) = -\dfrac{1}{2} {g} \Delta{t}$ | ||
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+ | Substitute in value for $v_{iy}$ and g | ||
$ 2\dfrac{{40 + v_{iy}}}{g} = \Delta{t}$ | $ 2\dfrac{{40 + v_{iy}}}{g} = \Delta{t}$ | ||
- | $ \Delta{t} = 9.59s$ | + | Compute time it takes for the bus to reach the ground. |
+ | $ \Delta{t} = 9.59s$ | ||