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Re: HSC Physics Marathon 2014

I just came up with an ub3r hard relativity question, but am going to save it for BoS Physics Trial xD
 

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A car comes to a bridge during a storm and finds out the bridge washed out. The driver must get to the other side, so he decides to try leaping it with his car. The side of the road the car is on is 21.3m above the river, while the opposite side is a mere 1.8m above the river. The river itself is a raging torrent 61.0m wide.

a) How fast should the car be traveling at the time it leaves the road in order to just clear the river and land safely on the opposite side?
b) What is the speed of the car just before it lands on the other side?
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A target appears at a distance of 1250m with the centre of the target 1.2m above ground level. If the sniper was firing from the prone position, calculate the angle to which the barrel of the rifle should be raised to hit the centre of the target. The muzzle velocity is 800ms^-1. The riffle is 30 cm above the ground when in the prone position. 3 marks

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A target appears at a distance of 1250m with the centre of the target 1.2m above ground level. If the sniper was firing from the prone position, calculate the angle to which the barrel of the rifle should be raised to hit the centre of the target. 3 marks

"Hard" Question
Ur missing the muzzle velocity of 800ms-1 and the fact that when in the prone position, the muzzle is 30cm off the ground ;)


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Ur missing the muzzle velocity of 800ms-1 and the fact that when in the prone position, the muzzle is 30cm off the ground ;)




Fighting words, mate!
It doesn't say those details in the booklet?? :3
 

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It doesn't say those details in the booklet?? :3
Because although its on a new page, under a new heading, its part (d) of the question! All the other info you need is in the main description of the question :)
 

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Because although its on a new page, under a new heading, its part (d) of the question! All the other info you need is in the main description of the question :)
OH HAHAHA I DIDNT EVEN NOTICE!

all your fault </3 Thanks though ill edit the question and work it out for myself as well
 

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Anyone wanting to answer the question?
 

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is the answer 0.0413 degrees
 

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Speaking of which, did anyone understand my MandG question?
 

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Answers for the sniper question are 0.59º and 89º45'

:)

I will give you a hint: It ends up as a quadratic in Tan.

If u want the worked answer, I will post up :)
 

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Speaking of which, did anyone understand my MandG question?
I don't know how to do it. Seems more like an extracurricular question than a M&G question :( My logic gets iffy with non-ohmic stuff. Maybe a new question? :)
 

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I don't know how to do it. Seems more like an extracurricular question than a M&G question :( My logic gets iffy with non-ohmic stuff. Maybe a new question? :)
Its actually a bit of skills stuff which is found throughout. I will post a solution and think of a new question in the next few days.
 

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New Question for Motors and Generators:













a) Voltage drop is equal to the input voltage minus the back emf.

Also, the voltage drop is equal to the required current to keep the motor running.





b) In Series, the current is the same throughout the circuit. So the motor will receive 25 A of current indefinitely under this specific load.

The Voltage however will be split so that both add up to 240 V altogether.

Given that the motor will receive 25 A of current, from the graph this translates to 2 ohms of resistance.

The resistor of 4 ohms will receive 25 A of current through it, and hence will have a potential difference of the following across it:



So now we know that the Voltage across the motor is:



So to calculate the back emf across the motor, we must take find the voltage drop, which is:

{tex] V_{drop} = IR \\ \\ V_{drop} = (25 \ A)(2 \ \Omega) \\ \\ V_{drop} = 50 \ V [/tex]

Notice that the Voltage drop is the same at all times from the graph. This occurs as the normal load undergoes a variable resistance as the motor is not ideal, as characterised through the graph.

So we get that the back emf is:




Will think of something new and post up as soon as I think of something.
 
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