A spring gun can launch a projectile with a speed of 21.52 m/s. It is placed at the edge of a table and launches a projectile horizontally. The table is 1.6m high, and the projectile travels a distance of 18.10 m before it hits the ground. The lab is on an asteroid. What is the acceleration due to gravity on this asteroid?
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.
Spring Gun: A spring gun can launch a projectile with a speed of 21.52 m/s. It is placed at the edge of a table and launches a projectile horizontally. The table is 1.6m high, and the projectile travels a distance of 18.10 m before it hits the ground.
The lab is on an asteroid.
What is the acceleration due to gravity on this asteroid?
horizontal component of velocity = V0x= 21.52 m/s
initial vertical component of velocity = V0y= 0 m/s
height of table = h = 1.6 m
horizontal distance = R = 18.1m
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