Your goal is to launch a pumpkin at a target. The launch pad is 2 m off the ground. The target is 1 m above the ground, 15 m away. You launch the pumpkin with an initial velocity of (5, 10) m/s. In midair, the pumpkin breaks apart into 1 kg and 2 kg chunks. (a) If the small piece hits the target at t = 2s, what is the position of the larger chunk at that time? (b) Would you have hit the target if your pumpkin did not explode? 1s, then what was v of the two pumpkin shards (c) If the explosion happened at t immediately after the explosion?

Your goal is to launch a pumpkin at a target. The launch pad is 2 m off the ground. The target is 1 m above the ground, 15 m away. You launch the pumpkin with an initial velocity of (5, 10) m/s. In midair, the pumpkin breaks apart into 1 kg and 2 kg chunks. (a) If the small piece hits the target at t = 2s, what is the position of the larger chunk at that time? (b) Would you have hit the target if your pumpkin did not explode? 1s, then what was v of the two pumpkin shards (c) If the explosion happened at t immediately after the explosion?

College Physics

11th Edition

ISBN:9781305952300

Author:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

Publisher:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

Chapter1: Units, Trigonometry. And Vectors

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1CQ: Estimate the order of magnitude of the length, in meters, of each of the following; (a) a mouse, (b)...

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