---
title: Cat in a Laundry Basket
topic: Kinematics(2D and 3D)
author: John Hopkinson
source: PHYS 112 2020W Midterm 1 Q3
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attribution: standard
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singleVariant: false
showCorrectAnswer: false
outcomes:
- 5.5.1.0
- 1.1.1.0
difficulty:
- easy
randomization:
- 2
taxonomy:
- undefined
span:
- section
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- short
tags:
- PW
assets:
- catbasket.png
part1:
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part2:
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        title: Cat in a Laundry Basket
      w: 26
      h: 33
      part1:
        ans1:
          value: $\Delta t_1 > \Delta t_2 > \Delta t_3$
        ans2:
          value: $\Delta t_1 > \Delta t_3 > \Delta t_2$
        ans3:
          value: $\Delta t_2 > \Delta t_1 > \Delta t_3$
        ans4:
          value: $\Delta t_2 > \Delta t_3 > \Delta t_1$
        ans5:
          value: $\Delta t_3 > \Delta t_1 > \Delta t_2$
        ans6:
          value: $\Delta t_3 > \Delta t_2 > \Delta t_1$
        ans7:
          value: $\Delta t_3 = \Delta t_2 = \Delta t_1$
      part2:
        ans1:
          value: $v_{x1} > v_{x2}$
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          value: $v_{x2} > v_{x1}$
        ans3:
          value: $v_{x1} = v_{x2}$
---
# {{ params.vars.title }}
A cat jumps out of a laundry basket, travelling $w = $ {{ params.w }} $cm$ horizontally before just clearing the $h =$ {{ params.h }} $cm$ high edge of the basket.
The parabolic trajectories of three different jumps labelled 1, 2, and 3 are shown below.

<img longdesc="Cat in Laundry Basket.md#desc" alt="The parabolic trajectories of three different jumps." src="catbasket.png" width = "500px">

<div id="desc">
<h5>Long Description of image: The parabolic trajectories of three different jumps.</h5>
Trajectory 1 has the highest peak and smallest range. <br>
Trajectory 2 has the lowest peak and the second largest range. <br>
Trajectory 3 has the second highest peak and the largest range. <br>
<p>Long description ends.</p>
<div>

## Part 1

Rank the time in the air ($\Delta t_1, \Delta t_2, and \Delta t_3$, respectively) of the cat on each path.

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## Part 2

Rank the relative sizes of the $x-$components of the velocity vectors for path 1 ($v\_{x1}$) and path 2 ($v\_{x2}$).

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## Attribution

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