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glad to have made ur day...it was my best exam of the hsc...glad to leave on a high note :)
 

lucyinthehole

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yep got 220.8 for the range

got the mass of the moon wrong, i don't know why, but i did everything right in the next part, hoping they'll treat it as carryover mistake.
 

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yea dont worry, my answer might not be right, i think it was that though
 

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dammit!! im pretty sure i got the rang to be 120m or summin. arghh..anyone else get this and know why they were wrong??
 

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im pretty sure i was right....i found the time of flight by using
delta y = Uy t + 1/2 a t squared
then u let delta y = o for time of flight...
then u use the time which was round 5.1 seconds if i remember, and the u sedi t in the delta x = Ux t

which gave u round 220 delta x = 50cos30 . 5.1
= 220 m
 

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yea sorry...

range = horz. velocity times time of flight
= 50cos30 times 5.1
= round 220m
 

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there's an actual equation that u could of just used straight away

R = u^2 sin20 / g

where u = initial velocity
0 = theta which was 30 and g = 9.8

omg for a 4 mark question it saved so much time :D

answer was 220.9
 

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yea from 3u maths..but i forgot it and i couldnt be bothred working it out
 

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Not sure you would get 4 marks for that....
You used an equation that wasn't in the syllabus, and if a marker saw that I doubt that they would say that you did all of the working required.

But then again, I'm not a marker.
 

DI2AGON

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i dont see why u wouldn't, and besides i actually got that from the success one book for physics, and i'm pretty sure if u get the answer right u get full marks
 

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i just did velocity = distance / time
distance = 2.pi.r
time = 7000 odd seconds

then u end up with the velocity
 

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fush said:
yea from 3u maths..but i forgot it and i couldnt be bothred working it out
Both my 2u/3u maths teacher and physics teacher said NOT to use physics formulae in maths and NOT to use maths formulae in physics.
 

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1. find vertical initial velocity
2. find time to max height
3. 2x time to max height
4. find horizontal initial velocity
5. 2x time to max height x horizontal intial velocity

I think that's the simplest method... not sure though.
 

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best formulae for range = (u squared times by sin 2theta) divided by g. got range in abut 2 secs. worked out to be 221m.
 

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PremusDog said:
1600 something like that for the velocity
yeh 1628 m/s for that

221m for range and 7.35x10^35 kg for mass

i might do good in a physics exam for once
 

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Using maths formulae to solve physics questions. Damn you all! This is physics, use the formulae they want you to use. They might not understand your maths range formula, bahaha.
 

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