A painter is standing on scaffolding that is raised at constant speed. As he tra

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A painter is standing on scaffolding that is raised at constant speed. As he travels upward, he accidentally nudges a paint can off the scaffolding and it falls a distance 15.1m to the ground. You are watching, and measure with your stopwatch that it takes a time of 3.22s for the can to reach the ground. Ignore air resistance.

Part A

What is the speed of the can just before it hits the ground?

Part B

Another painter is standing on a ledge, with his hands a distance 4.10m above the can when it falls off. He has lightning-fast reflexes and if the can passes in front of him, he can catch it. Does he get the chance? (yed or no)

Explanation / Answer

Solution: - let the speed of the system be u when can is accidently left from the system,

now for some time it would go up and then come back to the same level. when it reaches that level the speed of the can is u downwards. Now from that level the ground is 15.1 m distance away

so apply equation of motion , S = ut +

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