4. (From an old exam) In the 2006 Winter Olympics, Thomas Morgenstern of Austria won a gold medal in one of the ski jumping events; his longest jump was R = 140.0 m. The picture below shows a simplified diagram of his jump. (It's not to scale.) 150 -140 m He takes off from point A at an angle of a = 15.0° above the horizontal, with an initial speed v0 = 26.9 m/s. The dotted curve roughly shows his trajectory; he lands at point B. Notice that the landing hill is curved, and is quite steep near point B. You should ignore air resistance in this problem. a) How long is he in the air? (That is, how long does it take him to get from A to B?)
Displacement, Velocity and Acceleration
In classical mechanics, kinematics deals with the motion of a particle. It deals only with the position, velocity, acceleration, and displacement of a particle. It has no concern about the source of motion.
Linear Displacement
The term "displacement" refers to when something shifts away from its original "location," and "linear" refers to a straight line. As a result, “Linear Displacement” can be described as the movement of an object in a straight line along a single axis, for example, from side to side or up and down. Non-contact sensors such as LVDTs and other linear location sensors can calculate linear displacement. Non-contact sensors such as LVDTs and other linear location sensors can calculate linear displacement. Linear displacement is usually measured in millimeters or inches and may be positive or negative.
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