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Chapter 3, Problem 68PE
Unreasonable Results Suppose you wish to shoot supplies straight up to astronauts in an orbit 36,000 km above the surface of the Earth. (a) At what velocity must the supplies be launched? (b) What is unreasonable about this velocity? (c) Is there a problem with the relative velocity between the supplies and the astronauts when the supplies reach their maximum height? (d) Is the premise unreasonable or is the available equation inapplicable? Explain your answer.
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(a) A spaceship is projected vertically upward from the Earth's surface with an initial speed of 6.91 km/s, but unfortunately does not have a great enough speed to escape Earth's gravity. What
maximum height does the spaceship reach (in m)? Ignore air resistance.
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(b) A meteoroid falls from a height of 1.91 x 107 m above the surface of the Earth. What is the speed (in m/s) when the meteorite hits the Earth? Assume the meteoroid is initially at rest with respect
to the Earth. (Note that a meteorite is a meteoroid that makes it to Earth's surface.)
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The fall of the meteorite is the time-reversal of the upward flight of the projectile, so it is described by the same energy equation as in part (a). m/s.
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Since the initial potential energy and final kinetic energy are zero, our equation now becomes
EP,f = EK,i.
We can then substitute the formula for kinetic energy,
EK = 1/2mv2,
and the formula for gravitational potential energy,
EP = mgh,
mghf = 1/2mvi2.
Now it's just a matter of doing the algebra, solving for the final height
hf,
and substituting values to find
hf.
Notice that the mass m divides out of both sides of the equation, so the value of the mass is not needed to find the final height.
Calculate the maximum height of the ball in meters.
hf = __________ m
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