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Here is the complete question (only part A):
Two children, Ferdinand and Isabella, are playing with
a water hose on a sunny summer day. Isabella is holding the hose
inher hand 1.0 meters above the ground and is trying to
spray Ferdinand, who is standing 10.0 meters away.
Part A
Will Isabella be able to spray Ferdinand
if the water is flowing out of the hose at a constant
speed Vo of 3.5
meters per second? Assume that the hose is pointed parallel to the
ground and take the magnitude of the acceleration due to gravity
to be 9.81 meters per second, per second.
Answer: No. Since the water jet runs 1.58 m before falling into the ground, it cannot spray Ferdinand who is 10.0 m away.
Explanation:
1) Data:
yo = 1.0m
Vox = 3.5 m/s
Voy = 0
x = 10.0 m
g = 9.81 m/s²
2) Type of motion and formulas
Parabolic motion
y = yo + Voy×t - g×t² / 2
x = Vox × t
3) Solution:
i) From y = yo + Voy×t - g×t² / 2 calculate t until the water reaches the ground (y = 0).
From the data yo = 1, and Voy = 0
0 = 1.0 - 4.905t² ⇒ t = √ (1.0 / 4.905) = 0.45 s
ii) Calculate x using t = 0.45s
From the data Vox = 3.5m/s
x = Vox × t = 3.5m/s × 0.45s = 1.58 m
iii) Conclusion: since the water jet runs 1.58 m before falling into the ground, it cannot spray Ferdinand who is 10.0 m away.
