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1) A Hollywood daredevil plans to jump the canyon shown in the figure on a motor

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Question

1) A Hollywood daredevil plans to jump the canyon shown in the figure on a motorcycle. There is a 15. m drop and the horizontal distance originally planned was 60. m but it turns out the canyon is really 70.0 m across. If he desires a 3.2-second flight time, what is the correct angle for his launch ramp (deg)?
2) What is his correct launch speed?
3) What is the correct angle for his landing ramp (give a positive angle below the horizontal)?
4) What is his predicted landing velocity. (Neglect air resistance.)
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Explanation / Answer

I just asked this question... so here's my question and my numbers a LITTLE different, so just substitute yours for mine 1. A Hollywood daredevil plans to jump the canyon shown in the figure on a motorcycle. There is a 15. m drop and the horizontal distance originally planned was 60. m but it turns out the canyon is really 69.7 m across. If he desires a 2.8-second flight time, what is the correct angle for his launch ramp (deg)? known y0 = 0 m y = -15m x = 69.7 m x0 = 0m t = 2.8s 1. find ? x = x0 +v0xt 69.7 m = 0 m + v0x(2.8 s) v0x = 24.9 m/s y = y0 + v0y t - 0.5 gt2 -15 m = 0m + v0y (2.8s) - 0.5 (9.8m/s2)(2.8s)2 v0y = 8.36 m/s so ? = tan-1 (v0y/v0x) ? = 18.6° 2 v0 = sqrt(v0x2 + v0y2) v0 = sqrt((24.9m/s)2 + (8.36m/s)2) v0 = 26.3 m/s 3 vx = v0x vx = 24.9 m/s vy = v0y - at vy = 8.36 m/s - (9.8m/s2) (2.8 s) vy = -19.0 m/s ? = tan-1(vy/vx) ? = tan-1(-19.0m/s / 24.9 m/s) ? = -37.3° so ? = 37.3° below the horizontal 4 v = sqrt(vx2 + vy2) v = sqrt( (24.9m/s)2 + (-19.0 m/s)2) v = 31.3 m/s