Kinematics

Vector Decomposition and Addition

Whiteboard Investigation

Part 1. A car is driving down the highway at 30 m/s. Out of a cloudless, azure sky, a single raindrop falls.

The raindrop strikes the side window of the car moving directly downward at 40 m/s. It glancingly strikes the glass, skimming from one edge of the glass to the other.

Ignore the effect of drag, gravity and surface tension. Sketch this situation. What is the velocity (speed and angle) of the raindrop as it moves across the glass? Describe this mathematically and in your own words.


Q1: Ignore the effect of drag, gravity and surface tension. Sketch this situation.

Q2: What is the velocity (speed and angle) of the raindrop as it moves across the glass? Describe this mathematically and in your own words.


Part 2. A metal ring hangs stationary from three ropes.

There are three ropes holding a metal ring stationary. We know what two of the forces are, and we know their components.2. Three ropes are attached to a stationary metal ring. Two forces, FA and FB are specified below in Newtons of force.


Determine the size and direction of FA, FB and FC. Sketch all three forces, and describe them in your own words.

 

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