For the path of a ball being thrown maximum height is 144 units, time taken to reach maximum height is 2 units and time, it take to hit the ground is 5 units.
What is projectile motion?
Projectile motion is the motion of the body, when it is thrown in the air taking the action of gravity on it.
The path of a ball being thrown off a building can be modeled by the equation
[tex]y= -16t^2+64t+80[/tex]
- Time taken to reach maximum height-
Comparing this equation, with standard form of quadratic equation, we get, a=-16, b=64 and c=80.
Thus, the maximum height time can be given as,
[tex]t=-\dfrac{b}{2a}\\t=-\dfrac{64}{2(-16)}\\t=2\rm sec[/tex]
Thus, the time taken to reach maximum height is 2 seconds.
Again by the equation,
[tex]y= -16t^2+64t+80[/tex]
As it reaches maximum height after the 2 seconds. Therefore,
[tex]y_{max}= -16(2)^2+64(2)+80\\y_{max}= 144\rm[/tex]
- Time, it take to hit the ground-
This can be find out with the following formula,
[tex]t=\dfrac{-b\pm\sqrt{b^2-4ac}}{2a}\\t=\dfrac{-64\pm\sqrt{64^2-4(-16)(80)}}{2(-16)}\\t=\dfrac{-64\pm96}{-32}\\[/tex]
Taking negative sign,
[tex]t=\dfrac{-64-96}{-32}=5\\[/tex]
Taking positive sign,
[tex]t=\dfrac{-64+96}{-32}=-1\\[/tex]
Thus the time, it take to hit the ground is 5 units.
- The 80 in the equation represent-
80 is the constant coefficient of the equation, which represent the height in the feet.
Hence, for the path of a ball being thrown maximum height is 144 units, time taken to reach maximum height is 2 units and time, it take to hit the ground is 5 units.
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