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Name	Status	Author	Last Modified
Numbas demo: Motion under gravity	Ready to use	Christian Lawson-Perfect	05/10/2021 10:04
Liz's copy of Numbas demo: Motion under gravity	draft	Liz Thompson	03/02/2021 13:59
Ethan's copy of Numbas demo: Motion under gravity	draft	Ethan Smith	03/02/2021 13:59
Harry's copy of Numbas demo: Motion under gravity	draft	Harry Flynn	03/02/2021 13:59
Santa's elves equation of a straight line	Needs to be tested	Chris Graham	03/02/2021 13:59
Numbas demo: Motion under gravity	draft	Xiaodan Leng	03/02/2021 13:59
Alan's copy of Numbas demo: Motion under gravity	draft	Alan Levine	03/02/2021 13:59
Numbas demo: Images, videos and interactive diagrams	Ready to use	Christian Lawson-Perfect	24/08/2023 08:17
GEMIDDELD: Valbeweging van een balletje	draft	Alexander Holvoet	02/06/2024 14:36

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A ball is thrown upwards, and moves according to the equation $\displaystyle{\frac{d^2z}{dt^2}=-g}$
(where $z(t)$ is distance in metres measured upwards from the ground and the constant acceleration of gravity, $g$ , is given as $9.81\;m/s^2$).

The ball is projected upwards with a speed $\var{v}\;m/s$.

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			Name	Type	Generated Value

t	number	8.9704383282
v	integer	88
mh	number	394.70
g	number	9.81
t1	number	8.97

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{graphsolution()}

Input the vertical distance $z$ as a function of $t$.

Note that at $t=0$ we have $z=0$ and that $\displaystyle \frac{dz}{dt}=\var{v}m/s$.

Input gravitational acceleration as $g$.

$z=$ Unnamed gap

Your formula is plotted in the graph above. The vertical axis represents $z$ and the horizontal axis represents $t$.

Note that the blue line indicates that:

Your solution should go through $(0,0)$;
Your solution should have this line as the tangent to the curve at $(0,0)$, because $\displaystyle \frac{\mathrm{d}z}{\mathrm{d}t}=\var{v}\; m/s$.

Advice

a)

Integrating $\displaystyle{\frac{\mathrm{d}^2z}{\mathrm{d}t^2}=-g}$ once gives the velocity $\displaystyle{\frac{\mathrm{d}z}{\mathrm{d}t}=-gt+A}$.

But $A=\var{v}$ as the velocity is $\var{V}\;m/s$ at $t=0$.

So the velocity is

\begin{align} \frac{\mathrm{d}z}{\mathrm{d}t} &= \var{v}-gt & (1) \end{align}

Integrating again gives

\[ z = \var{v}t-\frac{g}{2}t^2+B \]

and $B=0$ as $z=0$ at $t=0$.

Hence the distance travelled upwards is given by

\begin{align} z &= \var{v}t-\frac{g}{2}t^2 & (2) \end{align}

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b)

The time $t_{\text{max}}$ taken to reach maximum height is the time satisfying $\displaystyle{\frac{dz}{dt}=0}$

$t_{\text{max}}$ is given from equation $(1)$ by

\begin{align}
\var{v} - gt_{\text{max}} &= 0 \\
gt_{\text{max}} &= \var{v} \\
t_{\text{max}} &= \frac{\var{v}}{g} \\[0.5em]
&= \frac{\var{v}}{9.81} \\[0.5em]
&= \var{t1}
\end{align}

(to $2$ decimal places)

This is at the point $A$ in the graph above.

c)

The maximum height $z_{\text{max}}$ is given from equation $(2)$ by substituting in the value $t_{\text{max}}= \var{v}/g$, giving

\begin{align}
z_{\text{max}} &= \var{v} \times \frac{\var{v}}{g} - \frac{g}{2}\left(\frac{\var{v}}{g}\right)^2 \\
&= \frac{\var{v}^2}{g}-\frac{g\var{v}^2}{2g^2} \\
&= \frac{\var{v}^2}{2g} \\
&= \var{mh}\;m
\end{align}

(to $2$ decimal places)

This is at the point $B$ in the graph above.

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