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Motion In A Plane

Class 11th Physics Part I Bihar Board Solution
Exercise
  1. State, for each of the following physical quantities, if it is a scalar or a vector:…
  2. Pick out the two scalar quantities in the following list: force, angular momentum, work,…
  3. Pick out the only vector quantity in the following list: Temperature, pressure, impulse,…
  4. State with reasons, whether the following algebraic operations with scalar and vector…
  5. Read each statement below carefully and state with reasons, if it is true or false: (a)…
  6. Establish the following vector inequalities geometrically or otherwise: A. B. C. D. When…
  7. Given a + b + c + d = 0, which of the following statements are correct: A. a, b, c, and d…
  8. Three girls skating on a circular ice ground of radius 200 m start from a point P on the…
  9. A cyclist starts from the centre O of a circular park of radius 1 km, reaches the edge P…
  10. On an open ground, a motorist follows a track that turns to his left by an angle of 600…
  11. A passenger arriving in a new town wishes to go from the station to a hotel located 10 km…
  12. Rain is falling vertically with a speed of 30 m s-1. A woman rides a bicycle with a speed…
  13. A man can swim with a speed of 4.0 km/h in still water. How long does he take to cross a…
  14. In a harbour, wind is blowing at the speed of 72 km/h and the flag on the mast of a boat…
  15. The ceiling of a long hall is 25 m high. What is the maximum horizontal distance that a…
  16. A cricketer can throw a ball to a maximum horizontal distance of 100 m. How much high…
  17. A stone tied to the end of a string 80 cm long is whirled in a horizontal circle with a…
  18. An aircraft executes a horizontal loop of radius 1.00 km with a steady speed of 900 km/h.…
  19. Read each statement below carefully and state, with reasons, if it is true or false: A.…
  20. The position of a particle is given by Where t is in seconds and the coefficients have the…
  21. A particle starts from the origin at t = 0 s with a velocity of and moves in the x-y plane…
  22. and are unit vectors along x- and y- axis respectively. What is the magnitude and…
  23. For any arbitrary motion in space, which of the following relations are true: (a) vaverage…
  24. Read each statement below carefully and state, with reasons and examples, if it is true or…
  25. An aircraft is flying at a height of 3400 m above the ground. If the angle subtended at a…
  26. A vector has magnitude and direction. Does it have a location in space? Can it vary with…
  27. A vector has both magnitude and direction. Does it mean that anything that has magnitude…
  28. Can you associate vectors with (a) the length of a wire bent into a loop, (b) a plane…
  29. A bullet fired at an angle of 30° with the horizontal hits the ground 3.0 km away. By…
  30. A fighter plane flying horizontally at an altitude of 1.5 km with speed 720 km/h passes…
  31. A cyclist is riding with a speed of 27 km/h. As he approaches a circular turn on the road…
  32. A. Show that for a projectile the angle between the velocity and the x-axis as a function…

Exercise
Question 1.

State, for each of the following physical quantities, if it is a scalar or a vector: volume, mass, speed, acceleration, density, number of moles, velocity, angular frequency, displacement, angular velocity.


Answer:

Vector:The quantity which has magnitude as well as direction E.g. Velocity, Acceleration etc.

Scalar:
The quantity which has magnitude only E.g. mass , volume, speed etc


Question 2.

Pick out the two scalar quantities in the following list: force, angular momentum, work, current, linear momentum, electric field, average velocity, magnetic moment, relative velocity.


Answer:

The two scalar quantities are work and current because they are defined by magnitude only.


NOTE: A scalar quantity is a quantity that is described by a magnitude or numerical value only.


Work has magnitude only. Although current has direction also, it is a scalar quantity because it follows general laws of algebra.



Question 3.

Pick out the only vector quantity in the following list:

Temperature, pressure, impulse, time, power, total path length, energy, gravitational potential, coefficient of friction, charge.


Answer:

The vector quantity is impulse.

NOTE: Impulse is defined as the change in momentum. It gives the effect of a force over a period of time.


J = Δp = FΔt


Where, J is the impulse


P is the momentum


F is the force


t is time


Here, p and F are vectors so that J is also a vector.



Question 4.

State with reasons, whether the following algebraic operations with scalar and vector physical quantities are meaningful:

(a) adding any two scalars, (b) adding a scalar to a vector of the same dimensions,

(c) multiplying any vector by any scalar, (d) multiplying any two scalars, (e) adding any two vectors, (f) adding a component of a vector to the same vector.


Answer:

(a) Addition of two scalars is meaningful since both follow general algebraic laws.


(b) Addition of a scalar to a vector of the same dimensions is not meaningful since the scalar follows general algebraic laws but the vector does not.


(c) Multiplying any vector by a scalar is meaningful as the magnitude of the vector is multiplied by the scalar. For example, force which is a vector when multiplied by the scale time gives the vector impulse.


(d) Multiplying any two scalars is meaningful irrespective of their dimensions. For example, speed multiplied by time gives the distance travelled. Here, speed and time are scalars which give distance which is also a scalar.


(e) Addition of any two vectors is meaningful only if they have the same dimensions. This addition takes places according to vector algebra.


(f) Adding a component of a vector to the same vector is meaningful because both of them have the same dimensions.


NOTE: A scalar quantity is a quantity that is described by a magnitude or numerical value only. A vector quantity is a quantity that is described by both magnitude and direction.



Question 5.

Read each statement below carefully and state with reasons, if it is true or false:

(a) The magnitude of a vector is always a scalar, (b) each component of a vector is always a scalar, (c) the total path length is always equal to the magnitude of the displacement vector of a particle. (d) the average speed of a particle (defined as total the path) is either greater or equal to the magnitude of average velocity of the particle over the same interval of time, (e) Three vectors not lying in a plane can never add up to give a null vector.


Answer:

(a) True


Explanation: The magnitude of a vector is always a scalar because magnitude is a numerical value.


(b) False


Explanation: Each component of a vector is not always a scalar. Component of a vector is the effect of the vector in a given direction. It is also a vector.


(c) False


Explanation: The total path length is not always equal to the magnitude of the displacement vector of a particle. It is only true for a motion in straight line where the distance is equal to the magnitude of displacement.


(d) True


Explanation: The average speed of a particle is either greater or equal to the magnitude of average velocity of the particle over the same interval of time. Speed is the ratio of distance travelled to the time taken. Velocity is the ratio of displacement of an object to the time taken. For a given path over a given time period, distance is always greater than or equal to the displacement of the object. Hence, speed is always greater than or equal to velocity. The equality condition occurs for a straight line.


(e) True


Explanation: Three vectors not lying in a plane can never add up to give a null vector. For the resultant to be a null vector, the three vectors should form a triangle. The three sides of a triangle necessarily lie on the same plane. Hence, the given statement is true.



Question 6.

Establish the following vector inequalities geometrically or otherwise:

A.

B.

C.

D.

When does the equality sign above apply?


Answer:

Let us consider two vectors and such that = and =. Also,=. According to Parallelogram law of vector addition, = and = as shown in the figure.



From the figure,


OA=


OB=AC=


OC=


OC’=


A. In a triangle, each side is smaller than the sum of other two sides.


So, in ΔAOC,


OC < OA + AC



If both the vectors act along a straight line, then the equality condition occurs as


So, =



B. In ΔAOC,


OC+AC>OA


⇒ |OC|>|OA-AC|


⇒ |OC|>|OA-OB| (∵ AC=OB are the parallel sides of the parallelogram)



If both the vectors act along a straight line, then the equality condition occurs as




C. In ΔOAC’,


OC’<OA+AC’



(∵ )


If both the vectors act along a straight line, then the equality condition occurs as




D. In ΔOAC’,


OC’+AC’>OA


⇒ |OC’|>|OA-AC’|




If both the vectors act along a straight line, then the equality condition occurs as



∴ ⇒


NOTE: Parallelogram Law of Vector Addition states that when two vectors are represented by two adjacent sides of a parallelogram by direction and magnitude then the resultant of these vectors is represented in magnitude and direction by the diagonal of the parallelogram starting from the same point.



Question 7.

Given a + b + c + d = 0, which of the following statements are correct:

A. a, b, c, and d must each be a null vector,

B. The magnitude of (a + c) equals the magnitude of (b + d),

C. The magnitude of a can never be greater than the sum of the magnitudes of b, c, and d,

D. b + c must lie in the plane of a and d if a and d are not collinear, and in the line of a and d, if they are collinear?


Answer:

A. Incorrect


Explanation: It is not necessary that the vectors ,, and be null vectors for their sum to be a null vector. There can be other combinations as well. For example, if then


.


B. Correct


Explanation:




Taking modulus on both sides,




Hence, magnitude of () is equal to the magnitude of ().


C. Correct


Explanation:




Taking modulus on both sides,




Hence, the magnitude of is always equal to the magnitude of and can never be greater than that.


D. Correct


Explanation: For the sum to be a null vector, the vectors , and must be three sides of a triangle according to triangle law of vector addition. The three sides of a triangle lie on the same plane. Hence, the vectors , and must be coplanar. But if and are collinear, then must lie on the same line and in opposite direction in order to cancel out in the sum .


NOTE: Triangle law of vector addition states that when two vectors are represented by two sides of a triangle in magnitude and direction taken in same order then third side of the third side of that triangle represents in magnitude and direction the resultant of the vectors.



Question 8.

Three girls skating on a circular ice ground of radius 200 m start from a point P on the edge of the ground and reach a point Q diametrically opposite to P following different paths as shown in Fig. 4.20. What is the magnitude of the displacement vector for each? For which girl is this equal to the actual length of path skate ?



Answer:

Displacement of an object is given by the change in its position. Here, the initial position is P and the final position is Q for all three girls. So, the displacement is same for all the three girls and its magnitude is equal to the diameter of the circular ice ground.

So, Magnitude of Displacement = 2×Radius = 2×200m=400m


The magnitude of the displacement is equal to the actual path length travelled for girl B since she moved along the diameter.



Question 9.

A cyclist starts from the centre O of a circular park of radius 1 km, reaches the edge P of the park, then cycles along the circumference, and returns to the centre along QO as shown in Fig. 4.21. If the round trip takes 10 min, what is the (a) net displacement, (b) average velocity, and (c) average speed of the cyclist?




Answer:

(a) Displacement is given by the change in position. In the given case, the initial position is also the final position i.e., there is no change in position. So, net displacement is zero.


(b) Average velocity is the ratio of net displacement to the time taken.


i.e.,


Since net displacement is zero, average velocity is also zero.


(c) Average speed is the ratio of total path length to the time taken.


i.e.,


Here, total path length = OP+PQ+QO


⇒ total path length = r + + r


(∵ Circumference of a circle = 2πr)


⇒ total path length = r×(2+)


⇒ total path length = 1km× (2+1.57)


So, total path length = 3.57km


Also, time taken = 10min (given)


Hence, average speed =


⇒ average speed =


⇒ average speed = 21.42 km/hr



Question 10.

On an open ground, a motorist follows a track that turns to his left by an angle of 600 after every 500 m. Starting from a given turn, specify the displacement of the motorist at the third, sixth and eighth turn. Compare the magnitude of the displacement with the total path length covered by the motorist in each case.


Answer:

The entire motion of the motorist can be shown using the following diagram:


Let A be the starting point of the motorist.


At the third turn:


At the third turn, his position is D.


Magnitude of Displacement = AD


⇒ Magnitude of Displacement = AO + OD


⇒ Magnitude of Displacement = 500m + 500m


⇒ Magnitude of Displacement = 1000m


Total path length = AB + BC + CD


⇒ Total path length = 500m + 500m + 500m


⇒ Total path length = 1500m


At the sixth turn:


At the sixth turn, the position of the motorist is A.


So, the final position is the initial position i.e., there is no change in position.


Hence, magnitude of displacement = 0


Total path length = AB + BC + CD + DE + EF + FA


⇒ Total path length = 500m+500m+500m+500m+500m+500m


⇒ Total path length = 3000m


At the eighth turn:


At the eighth turn, the position of the motorist is C.


Magnitude of displacement = AC


⇒ Magnitude of displacement =


⇒Magnitude of displacement =


⇒ Magnitude of displacement =


⇒ Magnitude of displacement =


∴ Magnitude of displacement = 866.025m


Total path length = AB + BC


⇒ Total path length = 500m + 500m


∴ Total path length = 1000m


NOTE: Total path length or distance travelled is the length of the actual path taken by an object whereas displacement is the change in its position i.e., the shortest distance between the final position and the initial position. Path length is a scalar quantity whereas displacement is a vector quantity.



Question 11.

A passenger arriving in a new town wishes to go from the station to a hotel located 10 km away on a straight road from the station. A dishonest cabman takes him along a circuitous path 23 km long and reaches the hotel in 28 min. What is (a) the average speed of the taxi, (b) the magnitude of average velocity? Are the two equal?


Answer:

Given:


Shortest distance from station to hotel(d1) = displacement= 10km


Circuitous path distance from station to hotel(d2) = 23km


Time taken to reach the hotel (t) = 28min


= 28/60 hr


= 0.467 hr


(a)


=


= 49.25 km/hr


Explanation: When speed of the body is calculated, the distance travelled by it other than the shortest distance is considered.


Average speed of the taxi is 49.25 km/hr


(b)


=


= 21.413 km/hr


Explanation: Velocity of a body is being calculated, the shortest/ straight line distance travelled by it is considered



Question 12.

Rain is falling vertically with a speed of 30 m s-1. A woman rides a bicycle with a speed of 10 m s-1 in the north to south direction. What is the direction in which she should hold her umbrella?


Answer:


Figure showing the directions of velocities of rain and cycle


Explanation: Direction in which the umbrella should be held is opposite to the direction of velocity of rain with respect to cycle.


Vr = Velocity of rain


Vc = Velocity of cycle


Velocity of rain w.r.t the cycle = Vrc = Vr-Vc


= 30 m/s + (-10)m/s


= 20 m/s



= 0.33


θ = tan-1(0.33)


= 18.26˚


Hence, the woman must hold the umbrella towards the south at an angle of 18.26˚ to the vertical direction.



Question 13.

A man can swim with a speed of 4.0 km/h in still water. How long does he take to cross a river 1.0 km wide if the river flows steadily at 3.0 km/h and he makes his strokes normal to the river current? How far down the river does he go when he reaches the other bank?


Answer:


Figure showing the velocities of swimmer and river


Given:


Speed of the man = Vm = 4km/hr in still water


Width of the river = d = 1km


Speed of the river = Vr = 3 km/hr


Explanation: The time taken by the man to cross the river is the ratio of width of the river and speed of the man. The velocity displaces the man down the river.



= = 0.25hr


= 15 min.


Distance covered due to the flow of river = l= Vr×t


= 3 km/hr × hr


= 3/4 km


= 750m


Time taken by man to cross the river is 15 min and distance covered due to flow of water is 750m down the river.



Question 14.

In a harbour, wind is blowing at the speed of 72 km/h and the flag on the mast of a boat anchored in the harbour flutters along the N-E direction. If the boat starts moving at a speed of 51 km/h to the north, what is the direction of the flag on the mast of the boat?


Answer:


Figure showing velocity of wind and the boat


Given:


Velocity of wind = Vw = 72 km/hr along N-E direction


Velocity of boat = Vb = 51 km/hr along N direction


Explanation: To find out the direction of flag on the mast of the boat, we need to find out the relative velocity of wind w.r.t the boat.


Relative velocity of wind w.r.t the boat = Vwb = Vw - Vb


= 72 - Vb


Angle between Vw and -Vb = 135˚


Using parallelogram law of vectors, let Vwb be the resultant vector making an angle β with Vw



= 1.0034


β = 45.099˚


= 4.1˚ w.r.t N-E direction


i.e. 45.1˚-45˚ = 0.1˚ w.r.t East


The direction of flag on the mast of the boat is 0.1˚ w.r.t East.


Question 15.

The ceiling of a long hall is 25 m high. What is the maximum horizontal distance that a ball thrown with a speed of 40 m s-1 can go without hitting the ceiling of the hall?


Answer:

Given:


Height of the hall= H = 25m


Velocity of the ball = Velocity of the projectile = v = 40 m/s


By applying the concept of projectile motion, we know that



ϕ= Angle that the projectile makes with the horizontal


g= Acceleration due to gravity= 9.8 m/s2





Sin ϕ = 0.5533


⇒ ϕ = sin-1(0.5533)


⇒ ϕ = 33.6˚


R = Range of the projectile (or) horizontal distance travelled by the projectile.




= m


= 150.5m


Therefore, the ball can cover a maximum distance of 150.5m without hitting the ceiling of the wall.



Question 16.

A cricketer can throw a ball to a maximum horizontal distance of 100 m. How much high above the ground can the cricketer throw the same ball?


Answer:

Given:


Maximum horizontal distance travelled by the ball=Range =R= 100m


Explanation: We know that range is maximum if the angle of projection is 45˚.



Figure showing projectile motion


(ϕ = 45˚)



u = 31.304 m/s


Height to which the ball is thrown = H


Since the final velocity of the ball is zero i.e. v= 0


From the relation v2-u2=2as


⇒ 0 - 31.3042 = 2×9.8×H (s=H)


⇒ H= 50m


The cricketer can throw the ball to a height of 50m above the ground.



Question 17.

A stone tied to the end of a string 80 cm long is whirled in a horizontal circle with a constant speed. If the stone makes 14 revolutions in 25s, what is the magnitude and direction of acceleration of the stone?


Answer:

Given:


Length of the string = l= 80cm = 0.8m



Horizontal circular motion of a stone tied to a string



= H



=(2××) rad/s


ω = rad/s


Explanation: The object is in circular motion. Therefore, magnitude of acceleration produced in the stone is equal to the magnitude of centripetal acceleration.


Centripetal acceleration = ac = ω2r


= m/s2


= 9.91 m/s2


Acceleration is towards the centre of the circle along the radius.


Centripetal acceleration is 9.91m/s2 towards the centre of the circle along the radius.



Question 18.

An aircraft executes a horizontal loop of radius 1.00 km with a steady speed of 900 km/h. Compare its centripetal acceleration with the acceleration due to gravity.


Answer:

Given:


Radius of the horizontal loop = r = 1 km = 1000m


Speed of the aircraft = v = 900 km/hr


= 250 m/s


= 62.5 m/s2


Acceleration due to gravity = g= 9.8 m/s2


ac/g = 62.5/9.8 = 6.38


Ratio of centripetal acceleration and acceleration due to gravity is 6.38.



Question 19.

Read each statement below carefully and state, with reasons, if it is true or false:

A. The net acceleration of a particle in circular motion is always along the radius of the circle towards the centre

B. The velocity vector of a particle at a point is always along the tangent to the path of the particle at that point

C. The acceleration vector of a particle in uniform circular motion averaged over one cycle is a null vector


Answer:

A) False, because the net acceleration of a particle in circular motion along the radius can be both towards the centre of the circle and away from it. It is towards the centre of the circle only in case of uniform circular motion.


B) True, because while leaving the circular path, the particle moves tangentially to the circular path.


C) True, the acceleration of particle in a uniform circular motion is a vector directed towards the centre of the circular path. The sum of these vectors over one complete cycle is a null vector.



Question 20.

The position of a particle is given by
Where t is in seconds and the coefficients have the proper units for r to be in metres.

A. Find the v and a of the particle?

B. What is the magnitude and direction of velocity of the particle at t = 2.0 s?


Answer:

(A) velocity is rate of change of displacement w.r.t time


Velocity =

=m/s

Acceleration


= m/s2


(B) At t= 2.0 s


Velocity = v = m/s


= m/s


Magnitude of velocity = 8.544 m/s


tanθ = =-0.375


θ = -20.55˚


Acceleration = a = m/s2


Magnitude of acceleration = 4


tanθ = 0


θ = 0˚


Velocity is 8.544 m/s at an angle of -20.5˚ with the horizontal. Acceleration is 4 m/s2 in the negative X direction.


Question 21.

A particle starts from the origin at t = 0 s with a velocity of and moves in the x-y plane with a constant acceleration of.
(a) At what time is the x-coordinate of the particle 16 m? What is the y-coordinate of the particle at that time?

(b) What is the speed of the particle at the time?


Answer:

Here the velocity and acceleration of particle are given in vector form and are unit vectors along X axis and Y axis respectively


i.e. they are vectors with magnitude unity and are representing X direction, and Y direction, each vector in x-y plane can be resolved into two components one along with x-direction and other along the y-direction, the vector quantity is the linear combination of both the components


the initial velocity of the particle is



i.e its magnitude is 10.0 m/s in y direction


since coefficient of is zero so magnitude in x direction is zero


the acceleration of the particle is



i.e. the magnitude in x-direction is 8.0 m/s and magnitude along y-direction is 2.0 m/s

As we know

Where,
u is the velocity vector at T=0 s
v is the velocity factor of the particle at time T

(a) since the particle started from the origin, so its displacement in x-direction will give its new x coordinate and displacement in y-direction will give its new y coordinate, so the displacement of the particle in the x-direction is


Sx = 16m

From the above equation.

comparing the x-component with Sx, we get



i.e. when x co-ordinate of a particle is 16m when time t = 2s
Now putting the value T=2 sec

y=10×2 +22 =24 m

(b) Speed is the magnitude of the velocity of the particle so we will first find the component of velocity in x and y-direction using the equation of motion.
Now using the final velocity equation, we get

The speed of the particle


So the speed of the particle is 21.26 m/s



Question 22.

and are unit vectors along x- and y- axis respectively. What is the magnitude and direction of the vectors, and ? What are the components of a vector along the directions of and? [You may use graphical method]


Answer:

Any vector quantity in x-y plane is represented as linear combination of two unit vectors one along x direction and other along y direction namely and , coefficient of and represent magnitude of vector quantity in x and y direction respectively


for any vector

of px and py represent magnitude of vector quantity in x and y direction respectively

the magnitude is given by

And angle with x axis is given by

Here let the vectors be

and

Now considering

X component ax = 1 unit

Y component ay = 1 unit

So magnitude of vector is

Or

Now for direction angle with x axis



Or

So angle made with x axis is

Now considering

X component bx = 1 unit

Y component by = -1 unit

So magnitude of vector is



Or

Now for direction angle with x axis

Or

So angle made with x axis is

As shown Graphically in the figure



Now component of one vector in the direction of other vector is the magnitude of vector in direction of other


Now let us say we have to find component of in the direction of let us angle between them is 𝜽 now any vector can be resolved into rectangular components parallel to another vector so component of in the direction of is qCos𝜽

as can be shown in figure



Now to find q.cos𝜽

We know dot product or scalar product of two vectors will be


Where p and q are magnitudes of vector and respectively

And 𝜽 is angle between them

Solving we get


Or magnitude of along is


We are given


And we have to find its component along

and
Now component of along is where is magnitude of


We know,
magnitude of = units

So, component of along is units units

Now , the angle between the x and y component of vector is


Angle between the vector and vectors


The component along the vector has a magnitude of

Angle between the and vector

The magnitude of component along the vector

The magnitude of component of and vector is


Question 23.

For any arbitrary motion in space, which of the following relations are true:

(a) vaverage = (1/2) (v (t1) + v (t2))

(b) vaverage = [r(t2) - r(t1)] /( t2 – t1)

(c) v (t) = v (0) + a t

(d) r (t) = r (0) + v (0) t + (1/2) at2

(e) a average =[ v (t2) - v (t1)] /(t2 – t1)


Answer:

(The ‘average’ stands for average of the quantity over the time interval t1 to t2)


(a) False


If the velocity of particle is v (t1) at time t = t1 and velocity is v (t2) at time interval t = t2 the average velocity of particle is denoted by


vaverage = (1/2) (v (t1) + v (t2))


Only in case of uniform motion that is when acceleration of the particle is constant or the rate of change of velocity is fixed, in case of arbitrary motion when acceleration may or may not be constant the above relation is incorrect


(b) True


We know the average velocity for any type of motion is given by vaverage = total displacent / total time


Now r(t1) and r(t2) are the position vector of particle at time interval t = t1 and t = t2 respectively so r(t2) - r(t1) is the change in position of particle or the displacement of the particle and ( t2 – t1) is the time taken for that displacement so [r(t2) - r(t1) ] /( t2 – t1) denotes the average velocity of the particle vaverage


(c) False


Here v (0) denotes the velocity of the particle at time interval, t = 0 i.e. it denotes initial velocity of the particle v(t) is the velocity of particle at any time interval t seconds and a is the acceleration, so it is the first equation of motion v = u + at


Where v is the final velocity after time t, u is the initial velocity and a is the acceleration, but this equation is valid only in case of uniform motion i.e. when acceleration of particle is constant but in case of arbitrary motion it may or may not be constant so above equation is not always valid.


(d) False


Here r (0) denotes the position of particle at time interval t = 0 , r (t) is the position of particle at time interval t , a is the acceleration of particle


r (t) = r (0) + v (0) t + (1/2) at2 can be rearranged as


r (t) - r (0) = v (0) t + (1/2) at2 so r (t) - r (0) is the change in position of particle or displacement v (0) is the velocity of particle at time interval t = 0 or initial velocity of the particle i.e. this equation represents the equation of motion


S = ut + ( �)at2 where S is the displacement of particle u is the initial velocity of the particle a is acceleration and t is time but the above equation is valid only in case of uniform motion i.e. when acceleration of particle is constant but in case of arbitrary motion it may or may not be constant so above equation is not always valid.


(e) True


We know the average acceleration for any type of motion is given by aaverage = change in velocity / total time


Now v(t1) and v(t2) are the velocity of particle at time interval


t = t1 and t = t2 respectively so v(t2) - v(t1) is the change in velocity of particle and ( t2 – t1) is the time taken for velocity to change so [v(t2) - v(t1) ] /( t2 – t1) denotes the average acceleration of the particle aaverage



Question 24.

Read each statement below carefully and state, with reasons and examples, if it is true or false:

A scalar quantity is one that

A. is conserved in a process

B. can never take negative values

C. must be dimensionless

D. does not vary from one point to another in space

E. has the same value for observers with different orientations of axes.


Answer:

A. False


A scalar quantity is one which only has magnitude and no direction for e.g. Speed, Pressure, Energy, Temperature etc. they need not always be conserved in a pressure for e.g. In most thermodynamic process pressure, Temperature of the system varies, in inelastic collisions Energy of particles are not conserved etc. so we cannot say scalar quantity is always conserved in a process


B. False


Scalar quantities do not have a direction but they can take both positive and negative values and the sign does not depict direction for eg. Temperature is a scalar quantity and can have negative values but its negative sign does not depict direction because it does not have a direction it’s just a value less than reference 0 value


C. False


Scalar quantities, just like vector quantities have units hence dimensions as they have magnitude which is measured with appropriate unit and hence have a dimension for e.g. Distance is a scalar quantity and is measured in metres or its unit is metre(m) so its dimension is L ,Speed is a scalar quantity and its unit is m/s so its dimension is LT-1 likewise scalar quantities have dimensions.


D. False


Scalar quantities can vary from point to point in space and values need not be constant in space just like vector quantities for eg. Potential energy is a scalar quantity, and potential energy is body possessed by the body due to virtue of its position and as the position changes the potential energy certainly changes like gravitational potential energy of an object depends on the height from ground i.e. the quantity vary with change in position and hence vary from one point to another in space


E. True


Scalar quantity does not have a direction, it only has magnitude and if orientation of axes is changed only direction of observation changes and magnitude remain same but since scalar quantity does not have a direction, direction of observation is meaningless and as magnitude is constant to there is no change at all.



Question 25.

An aircraft is flying at a height of 3400 m above the ground. If the angle subtended at a ground observation point by the aircraft positions 10.0 s apart is 30°, what is the speed of the aircraft?


Answer:

now let the aircraft be initially at a point A situated 3400m above the ground, it moves with a speed v along straight line parallel to ground and reach a point B, now let us assume a recording station is located on ground at c which is in line with midway of the journey D

Suppose the plane covered a distance S and subtended an angle of 30o on recording station as it moved from A to B


The situation has been shown in the figure



We have to find speed of the plane; the plane is moving with constant speed so we will use the relation


S = v × t or v = S/t


Where S is the distance covered by plane moving with a speed v in time t


Here we are given time t = 10.0 s


So we need to find distance covered by plane S


Now we can see distance covered = AB = AD + BD


Since D is the midpoint of AB


AD = BD or distance AB = 2 × AD


Now in Triangle ACD using trigonometry we will find AD


now


Assuming D is the midpoint of AB and C is equidistant from A and B we have


Or


AD = CD × tan15o


CD = 3400m


tan15o= 0.2679


so we get


AD = 3400m × 0.2679


= 910.86m


So total distance covered by the plane


S = AB = 2 × 910.86m = 182.17m


So the Value of S = 182.17m and t = 10 s in the equation


v = s/t ,we get


speed of the plane


so plane is flying at a speed of 18.2 m/s



Question 26.

A vector has magnitude and direction. Does it have a location in space? Can it vary with time? Will two equal vectors a and b at different locations in space necessarily have identical physical effects? Give examples in support of your answer.


Answer:

A vector has magnitude and direction but in general it does not have a fixed location of space because a vector can be translated parallel to itself or we can say if a vector is moved parallel to itself keeping its direction and magnitude same then the vector is same or there is no effect on vector as can be shown in figure



Now here there are three vectors at A,B,C all have same length so have same magnitude, have same direction towards positive x axis and are thus parallel to each other so all the three vectors are same so there is no effect of location i.e. position is not fixed but in case of position vector position of each point is different and position vector denotes position in terms of co-ordinates of x and y so position vector have a fixed location and are also directed from origin so two position vectors cannot be parallel if they are denoting different positions so position vector have definite position in space but in general all vectors does not have a specific position in space


Yes , vector can certainly vary with time and many vector quantities are just rate of variation of other quantities or vectors can be a function of time for e.g. Velocity of a particle in uniform motion is a function of time and as the time increases the velocity of particle increases or decreases depending upon the acceleration of particle i.e. velocity changes with time likewise in general vector can vary with time


Now we have two equal vectors a and b at different locations in space they necessarily need not have same physical effects though in specific cases they can have same physical effects but this is not true always for e.g. two forces of same magnitude and same direction applied on a body fixed lever can produce different turning effects as shown in figure



As can be seen both a and b are directed vertically downwards i.e. same direction and have same magnitude so both are equal but turning effect will be different due to them because their location is different in same so we conclude that equal vectors a and b at different locations in space do not necessarily have identical physical effects



Question 27.

A vector has both magnitude and direction. Does it mean that anything that has magnitude and direction is necessarily a vector? The rotation of a body can be specified by the direction of the axis of rotation, and the angle of rotation about the axis. Does that make any rotation a vector?


Answer:

A vector quantity is one which has both magnitude and direction but should also obey laws of vector addition subtraction and multiplication for e.g. Electric Current has both magnitude and direction but is not a vector it is added algebraically not vectorially so it is a scalar quantity suppose current I1 and I2 are flowing as shown in figure both have same magnitude the net current is I = I1 + I2 = 2 I1 = 2I2


If if we would have added them using vector laws, both are equal in magnitude and opposite in direction so resultant would have been zero which is incorrect so current is not vector



likewise, all quantities having both magnitude and direction are not vectors


Now suppose a body is rotating about a fixed axis and has rotated by an angle 𝜽 now we have both direction of axis of rotation and the angle of rotation, but this rotation is not a vector because direction of rotation cannot be specified with these two quantities suppose there is a particle at A reached B


as shown in figure



Now direction of rotation is continuously changing and the total angle of rotation 𝜽 describe the magnitude of rotation but the direction cannot be specified but if we take an very small angle of rotation i.e. at each instant direction can be specified when we are considering change in angle is very small i.e. instantaneous change in angle of an rotating body d𝜽 and they obey the law of vector algebra as well and direction can be specified as tangential direction as shown in figure



So we can see if we take very small instantaneous angle of rotation then rotation is vector but if we take large angle direction cannot be specified and hence it’s not a vector so every rotation is not vector i.e. any rotation is not vector



Question 28.

Can you associate vectors with (a) the length of a wire bent into a loop, (b) a plane area, (c) a sphere? Explain.


Answer:

A vector quantity is one which has both magnitude and direction and also obeys laws of vector algebra

(a) now considering a length of wire bent into loop it has a magnitude that is its length but no specific fixed direction the length at each instant can have a unique direction but no unique direction of the whole loop so it cannot be represented by a vector as shown in figure



(b) Now an Plane Area can be described as a vector since it has a magnitude that’s the area measured in m2 and the whole plane area can be described by a vector whose direction shows the direction of normal to area and for a plane area normal is unique so direction of the whole plane area is unique as shown in figure



Now in general a plane area with surface area S can be described in vector form as


Where denotes the area vector S denote the magnitude of surface area and is a unit vector in the direction of normal or we can say perpendicular to the plane area


(c) Now a sphere have volume and surface area now volume also does not have a definite direction and has only a magnitude measured in m3 at each instant volume of a body or sphere will have different direction so volume of sphere cannot be associated with sphere because the whole volume cannot be represented by a unique direction now if we take area into account the normal at any every point of sphere will have a different direction directed outwards normally there is no unique direction to specify the whole area of sphere as shown in figure



So, the sphere cannot be associated with a vector because it there is no unique direction which could specify whole sphere.



Question 29.

A bullet fired at an angle of 30° with the horizontal hits the ground 3.0 km away. By adjusting its angle of projection, can one hope to hit a target 5.0 km away? Assume the muzzle speed to be fixed, and neglect air resistance.


Answer:

Now this is the case of projectile motion, the motion of bullet will be a projectile and its path will be parabola, the motion of bullet can be divided into horizontal component and vertical component i.e. motion along x axis and motion along y axis


Now the bullet is only experiencing one force in vertically downward direction because of its weight (gravitational force of earth) due to which its accelerating along negative y axis due to acceleration due to gravity, acceleration is uniform i.e. all the three equations of motion are valid in along Y direction, now there is no force in horizontal direction so component of velocity in horizontal direction or along X axis would remain constant.


The projectile motion of bullet has been shown in the figure



Now for an particle projected at an angle 𝜽 with horizontal plane or ground at an initial velocity u the maximum displacement of the particle in horizontal plane or x direction also called the range of projectile is given by


Where R is the range of the particle, u is the initial velocity of the particle, 𝜽 is the angle of projection of the particle and g denotes acceleration due to gravity


g = 9.8 ms-2


Now in the case of bullet we are given


Range of the particle,


R = 3 Km = 3000m


Angle of projection,


𝜽 = 30o


Let u the initial velocity of the particle


u = ?


putting the values in the equation


we get,


Or putting


Or


Now we have to adjust the gun so that bullet can go upto 5 Km or we can say range is increased to 5 Km


We can only change the angle of projection and its initial velocity u will be same or value of u2 will be same


Now let tange of projectile be R’


R’ = 5Km = 5000m


We have u2 =


We have to find angle of projection,


𝜽 = ?


Putting these values in equation


We get


Or,


But sin2𝜽 = 1.44 is not possible as for any value of 𝜽 maximum value of sine function is 1 i.e. the equation is invalid so the range R’ cannot be 5 Km so bullet cannot hit a target at a distance of 5 Km from it


The maximum range of particle is when 𝜽 = 450 when


sin2𝜽 = sin 90o =1


and maximum range is


Putting value of square of initial velocity of the particle


u2 =


we get Range


So the bullet can maximum hit a target 3.46 Km away



Question 30.

A fighter plane flying horizontally at an altitude of 1.5 km with speed 720 km/h passes directly overhead an anti-aircraft gun. At what angle from the vertical should the gun be fired for the shell with muzzle speed 600 ms-1 to hit the plane? At what minimum altitude should the pilot fly the plane to avoid being hit? (Take g = 10 m s-2).


Answer:

Here the plane will move forward in horizontal direction in some time t and shell will cover the same horizontal distance along with reach the altitude or height of the plane


Now this is the case of projectile motion, the motion of Shell will be a projectile and its path will be parabola, the motion of shell can be divided into horizontal component and vertical component i.e. motion along x axis and motion along y axis


Initial speed of shell is u = 600 m/s


And let it be making an angle 𝜽 with the vertical


So horizontal component of velocity


ux = u × sin𝜽 = 600sin𝜽


and vertical component of velocity


uy = u × cos𝜽 = 600cos𝜽


Here the velocity of fighter plane is uniform and is in horizontal direction let it be


v1 = 720 km/h


converting it to m/s


1 Km = 1000m and 1 hour = 60 × 60 = 3600 s


So v1 = 72 × 1000m/3600s = 720 × 5/18 = 200 m/s


Let us consider in time t sec plane moves a distance X with uniform speed 20 m/s is horizontal direction in the same time the shell moved same distance X in same time t in horizontal direction due to horizontal component of velocity and moved a distance of Y = 1.5 Km = 1500 m equal to altitude of plane in vertical direction in order to hit the plane


The situation has been shown in the figure



Now the shell is only experiencing one force in vertically downward direction because of its weight (gravitational force of earth) due to which its accelerating along negative y axis due to acceleration due to gravity, acceleration is uniform i.e. all the three equations of motion are valid in along Y direction, now there is no force in horizontal direction so component of velocity in horizontal direction or along X axis would remain constant.


Since shell and plane cover equal distance in equal time in horizontal direction with uniform speed so horizontal component of velocity of shell and speed of plane must be equal


i.e ux = v1


or u × sin𝜽 = 600 × sin𝜽 = 200 m/s


or sin𝜽 = 20/600 = 1/3


now so we get


so the gun must be making an angle of 19.47o with the vertical


In order to avoid being hit by the gun the plane must fly above the the maximum vertical height shell can reach, the motion of shell is a projectile as explained above and for the maximum height of projectile we will apply equation of motion


in y direction


Where v is the final velocity, u is the initial velocity of the particle, a is the acceleration and s is the displacement of the particle


For y direction we have


Where Initial velocity of particle in vertical direction making an angle 𝜽 with the vertical


uy = u × cos𝜽 = 600cos𝜽


since upon reaching maximum height Shell will come to rest to final velocity in vertical direction


vy = 0 m/s


displacement of shell in y direction must be equal to height of plane let the maximum height of plane be


Sy = Y = ?


The acceleration of particle is in downward direction and is equal to acceleration due to gravity


a �y = -g = -10 ms-2


putting values in equation)


02 – (600ms-1× cos𝜽)2 = 2 × (-10 ms-2) ×Y


So we have


Here cos2𝜽 = cos2(19.47o)


We know sin2(19.5o) = (1/3)2=1/9


Using cos2𝜽 + sin2𝜽 = 1


cos2(19.47o) = 1 - sin2(19.5o) = 1 – 1/9 =8/9


so putting value, we know maximum height of shell can be


So the fighter plane must fly above 16 Km from ground in order to avoid being hit by shell



Question 31.

A cyclist is riding with a speed of 27 km/h. As he approaches a circular turn on the road of radius 80 m, he applies brakes and reduces his speed at the constant rate of 0.50 m/s every second. What is the magnitude and direction of the net acceleration of the cyclist on the circular turn?


Answer:

Now suppose the Particle is moving along x axis in positive x direction now its speed is reducing i.e. its de-acceleration or the direction of tangential acceleration (acceleration due to increase or decrease in speed) is towards negative x axis , there is another component of acceleration radial acceleration because direction of particle is also changing as it is following a circular path now direction of radial acceleration is perpendicular to the velocity of particle i.e. along Y axis


As shown in figure



Since the speed is decreasing by 0.5 m/s every second, the rate of change of speed is the tangential acceleration so the tangential acceleration is


at = -0.5 ms-2 i.e. 0.5 ms-2 opposite to the speed of cyclist along negative X axis


now radial acceleration of a particle undergoing circular motion is given by


ar = v2/r


where v is the magnitude of velocity or the speed of the particle,


r is the radius of the circular patch


now at the beginning of path speed of the particle is


v = 27 km/h


converting it to m/s


1 Km = 1000m and 1 hour = 60 × 60 = 3600 s


So v= 27 × 1000m/3600s = 27 × 5/18 = 7.5 m/s


Radius of the circular path


r = 80 m


so the radial acceleration is


ar= 0.70 ms-2 radially inwards i.e. perpendicular to velocity of cyclist along positive y axis


so the magnitude of resultant acceleration or net acceleration of the cyclist is given by


i.e.


a = 0.86 ms-2


i.e. the net acceleration of the cyclist is 0.86 ms-2 the direction is as shown in the figure above now let us find the angle made by the net acceleration of particle with radial acceleration 𝜽 which is given as


Where ar is the magnitude of radial acceleration


here ar = 0.7 ms-2


and at is the magnitude of tangential acceleration


here at = 0.5 ms-2


so we get


i.e. the total acceleration of cyclist is making an angle of 54.5o with the tangential acceleration of cyclist


Question 32.

A. Show that for a projectile the angle between the velocity and the x-axis as a function of time is given by

B. Shows that the projection angle for a projectile launched from the origin is given by

Where the symbols have their usual meaning


Answer:

Suppose in an projectile motion an particle is thrown making some angle 𝜽o with the horizontal with initial velocity vo sow components of the initial velocity in horizontal and vertical direction are given as


v0x = vcos and v0y = vsin𝜽


there is no horizontal force on the particle so horizontal component of velocity will remain constant and due to acceleration due to gravity the motion in y direction will be uniformly accelerated where y component of velocity will change and all equations of motion will be valid in y direction


A. Now at any instant of projectile motion let the angle of velocity of particle with x axis or horizontal be 𝜽(t) now 𝜽(t) is varying because y component of velocity of particle is constantly changing with time so the angle of resultant velocity is also changing with time , now angle of resultant velocity of the particle or the velocity of particle with x axis at any instant is same as angle with x component or horizontal component of velocity at any instant let the y component of velocity of particle be vy and x component of velocity of particle be vx.


As shown in figure



So now angle of resultant velocity v at any instant with horizontal component of velocity vx is (t)


So


Now since x component of velocity constant and equal to v0x


So we have vx = v0x


Now to find y component of velocity at any instant we will aplly equation of motion


v = u + at in y direction


here v is the final velocity, u is the initial velocity t is the time and a is the acceleration of particle


for y direction velocity of particle in y direction is


v = vy


initial velocity of particle in y direction


u = voy


particle is accelerating because of acceleration due to gravity is in vertically downward direction or negative y direction so


a = -g (g is acceleration due to gravity)


so y component of velocity of particle at any time t sec is


vy = voy + (-g)t


or vy = voy – gt


so putting values of vy = voy – gt and vx = v0x


we have


hence angle between the velocity and x axis at any instant is given by


B. Now let the projectile be launched at initial angle 𝜽o with the horizontal distance covered by the projectile i.e. its range be R and the maximum height achieved by projectile be hm


as shown in the figure below



Now for an projectile the maximum horizontal distance or the range is given by the equation


Where R is the range, vo is the in initial velocity of the particle, 𝜽o is the angle of projection and g is the acceleration due to gravity


Now the maximum height of the projectile in vertical direction is given by the equation


Where hm is the maximum height achieved by the particle, 𝜽o is the angle of projection and g is the acceleration due to gravity


Now diving these equations, we get


Or


Since sin2𝜽 = 2sin𝜽cos𝜽


And cancelling out g and vo we get


Or we have


So we get


So


i.e. the initial angle of projection for an projectile can be given as