Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
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Chapter 4 - Two-Dimensional Kinematics - Conceptual Questions - Page 103: 2

Answer

$v_{\circ}cos\theta$

Work Step by Step

We know that $Average \space velocity=\frac{total \space displacement}{total\space time \space taken}$.........eq(1) As total displacement is equal to the range in the given scenario and $range=\frac{v_{\circ}^2sin2\theta}{g}$ and total time taken is equal to time of flight and time of flight $=\frac{2v_{\circ}sin\theta}{g}$ We plug in the known values in eq(1) to obtain: $Average \space velocity=\frac{v_{\circ}^2 sin2\theta}{g}\times \frac{g}{2v_{\circ}sin\theta}$ $\implies Average \space velocity=\frac{v_{\circ}^2 2sin\theta cos\theta}{g}\times \frac{g}{2v_{\circ}sin\theta}$ This simplifies to: $Average \space velocity=v_{\circ}cos\theta$
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