As High as It Goes Far
Q. A cricketer can throw a ball at most 100 mm. How high, m/s can they throw the same ball, in metres?
Inputs
Outputs
height?
How it's solved
Solved with Projectile
Given
- m
- from “at most”
- from “How high”
- m/s from “How high”
- from “the same ball”
Assumed
- m/s²
- m
- m
- m
- m
Find .
Working
- falling freely(far, y)
- m/s²
- falling freely(far, x)
- m/s²
- parts of a velocity(ball, start of far, y)
- position after a time(far, y)
- position after a time(far, x)
- parts of a velocity(ball, start of far, x)
- m/s
- the same ball
- m/s
- parts of a velocity(ball, start of high, y)
- m/s
- falling freely(high, y)
- m/s²
- velocity after a time(high, y)
- s
- position after a time(high, y)
Conclusion
The farthest throw, at forty-five degrees, and the highest, straight up, both depend on the square of the speed over the pull, and the height is always half the range.
The web of concepts
given read from the words equation asked
The Ruby that solves it
The question and its solution are small Ruby files. The engine runs them.
1require_relative "../physics"23question :as_high_as_it_goes_far do4 kind :numerical5 describes "A cricketer can throw a ball at most %{farthest}. %{height}, in " \6 "metres?"7 given farthest: "100 m"8 asks height: "How high can they throw the same ball"9end1require_relative "../questions/as_high_as_it_goes_far"2require_relative "../science/motion_in_a_plane/projectile"34solve :as_high_as_it_goes_far, using: Projectile do5 objects :ball6 axes :x, :y7 ball.goes(:far)8 ball.goes(:high)9 take farthest: ball.position(at: far.end, along: x)10 assume g: "9.8 m/s2"11 assume ball.position(at: far.start, along: x) => "0 m", ball.position(at: far.start, along: y) => "0 m",12 ball.position(at: far.end, along: y) => "0 m", ball.position(at: high.start, along: y) => "0 m"13 deduce_from "at most", ball.direction(at: far.start) => "45 deg"14 deduce_from "How high", ball.direction(at: high.start) => "90 deg"15 deduce_from "How high", ball.velocity(at: high.end, along: y) => "0 m/s"16 deduce_from "the same ball", ball.speed(at: high.start) => ball.speed(at: far.start)17 height = ball.position(at: high.end, along: y)18 answer height:, in: "m"19 conclusion "The farthest throw, at forty-five degrees, and the highest, straight up, both " \20 "depend on the square of the speed over the pull, and the height is always half the " \21 "range."22endplayground.rb
1require_relative "../solutions/as_high_as_it_goes_far"23play_with :as_high_as_it_goes_far do4 title "As High as It Goes Far"5endThe laws it drew on
| quantity | written | units | within | from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| volume | — | — | Vectors | |
| mass | — | — | Vectors | |
| speed | — | — | Vectors | |
| density | — | — | Vectors | |
| number of moles | — | — | Vectors | |
| angular frequency | — | — | Vectors | |
| work | — | — | Vectors | |
| current | — | — | Vectors | |
| temperature | — | — | Vectors | |
| pressure | — | — | Vectors | |
| time | s | 0 … 1e+05 | Vectors | |
| power | — | — | Vectors | |
| total path length | — | — | Vectors | |
| energy | — | — | Vectors | |
| gravitational potential | — | — | Vectors | |
| coefficient of friction | — | — | Vectors | |
| charge | — | — | Vectors | |
| acceleration | m/s² | — | Vectors | |
| velocity | m/s | — | Vectors | |
| displacement | m | — | Vectors | |
| angular velocity | — | — | Vectors | |
| force | — | — | Vectors | |
| angular momentum | — | — | Vectors | |
| linear momentum | — | — | Vectors | |
| electric field | — | — | Vectors | |
| average velocity | m/s | — | Vectors | |
| magnetic moment | — | — | Vectors | |
| relative velocity | — | — | Vectors | |
| impulse | — | — | Vectors | |
| first vector | — | 0 … ∞ | Vectors | |
| second vector | — | 0 … ∞ | Vectors | |
| angle between | — | 0 … 3.142 | Vectors | |
| resultant | — | 0 … ∞ | Vectors | |
| resultant direction | — | 0 … 3.142 | Vectors | |
| direction | — | -3.142 … 3.142 | Vectors | |
| x component | — | — | Vectors | |
| y component | — | — | Vectors | |
| position | m | — | Velocity | |
| path length | m | — | Velocity | |
| time taken | s | 0 … 1e+05 | Velocity | |
| average speed | m/s | — | Velocity | |
| starting position | m | — | Velocity | |
| final position | m | — | Velocity | |
| change of velocity | m/s | — | Acceleration | |
| average acceleration | m/s² | — | Acceleration | |
| starting velocity | m/s | — | Acceleration | |
| final velocity | m/s | — | Acceleration | |
| gravity | m/s² | — | UniformAcceleration | |
| displacement of ball during far along x | m | — | ||
| position of ball at end of far along x | m | — | ||
| position of ball at start of far along x | m | — | ||
| displacement of ball during far along y | m | — | ||
| position of ball at end of far along y | m | — | ||
| position of ball at start of far along y | m | — | ||
| displacement of ball during high along x | m | — | ||
| position of ball at end of high along x | m | — | ||
| position of ball at start of high along x | m | — | ||
| displacement of ball during high along y | m | — | ||
| position of ball at end of high along y | m | — | ||
| position of ball at start of high along y | m | — | ||
| average velocity of ball during far along x | m/s | — | ||
| time taken of far | s | 0 … 1e+05 | ||
| average velocity of ball during far along y | m/s | — | ||
| average velocity of ball during high along x | m/s | — | ||
| time taken of high | s | 0 … 1e+05 | ||
| average velocity of ball during high along y | m/s | — | ||
| average speed of ball during far | m/s | — | ||
| path length of ball during far | m | — | ||
| average speed of ball during high | m/s | — | ||
| path length of ball during high | m | — | ||
| change of velocity of ball during far along x | m/s | — | ||
| velocity of ball at end of far from ground along x | m/s | — | ||
| velocity of ball at start of far from ground along x | m/s | — | ||
| change of velocity of ball during far along y | m/s | — | ||
| velocity of ball at end of far from ground along y | m/s | — | ||
| velocity of ball at start of far from ground along y | m/s | — | ||
| change of velocity of ball during high along x | m/s | — | ||
| velocity of ball at end of high from ground along x | m/s | — | ||
| velocity of ball at start of high from ground along x | m/s | — | ||
| change of velocity of ball during high along y | m/s | — | ||
| velocity of ball at end of high from ground along y | m/s | — | ||
| velocity of ball at start of high from ground along y | m/s | — | ||
| average acceleration of ball during far along x | m/s² | — | ||
| average acceleration of ball during far along y | m/s² | — | ||
| average acceleration of ball during high along x | m/s² | — | ||
| average acceleration of ball during high along y | m/s² | — | ||
| acceleration of ball during far along x | m/s² | — | ||
| acceleration of ball during far along y | m/s² | — | ||
| acceleration of ball during high along x | m/s² | — | ||
| acceleration of ball during high along y | m/s² | — | ||
| velocity of ground at start of far from ground along x | m/s | — | ||
| velocity of ground at start of far from ground | m/s | — | ||
| direction of ground at start of far from ground | — | -3.142 … 3.142 | ||
| velocity of ground at start of far from ground along y | m/s | — | ||
| velocity of ground at end of far from ground along x | m/s | — | ||
| velocity of ground at end of far from ground | m/s | — | ||
| direction of ground at end of far from ground | — | -3.142 … 3.142 | ||
| velocity of ground at end of far from ground along y | m/s | — | ||
| velocity of ground at start of high from ground along x | m/s | — | ||
| velocity of ground at start of high from ground | m/s | — | ||
| direction of ground at start of high from ground | — | -3.142 … 3.142 | ||
| velocity of ground at start of high from ground along y | m/s | — | ||
| velocity of ground at end of high from ground along x | m/s | — | ||
| velocity of ground at end of high from ground | m/s | — | ||
| direction of ground at end of high from ground | — | -3.142 … 3.142 | ||
| velocity of ground at end of high from ground along y | m/s | — | ||
| velocity of ball at start of far from ground | m/s | — | ||
| direction of ball at start of far from ground | — | -3.142 … 3.142 | ||
| velocity of ball at end of far from ground | m/s | — | ||
| direction of ball at end of far from ground | — | -3.142 … 3.142 | ||
| velocity of ball at start of high from ground | m/s | — | ||
| direction of ball at start of high from ground | — | -3.142 … 3.142 | ||
| velocity of ball at end of high from ground | m/s | — | ||
| direction of ball at end of high from ground | — | -3.142 … 3.142 | ||
| displacement of ball during far | m | — | ||
| position of ball at end of far | m | — | ||
| position of ball at start of far | m | — | ||
| displacement of ball during high | m | — | ||
| position of ball at end of high | m | — | ||
| position of ball at start of high | m | — | ||
| average velocity of ball during far | m/s | — | ||
| average velocity of ball during high | m/s | — | ||
| change of velocity of ball during far | m/s | — | ||
| change of velocity of ball during high | m/s | — | ||
| average acceleration of ball during far | m/s² | — | ||
| average acceleration of ball during high | m/s² | — | ||
| acceleration of ball during far | m/s² | — | ||
| acceleration of ball during high | m/s² | — |