Halloween Gourd Launcher#
At a local pumpkin patch, Aliyah is hired to create a Hallowe’en gourd launcher. Aliyah wants to launch a 0.844 \(kg\) gourd (decorated as an “Angry Bird”) at a large pumpkin (decorated as a “pig”) which sits on top of a \(h =\) 2.1 \(m\) tall hay bale as shown in the figure.
Assume that the gourd undergoes projectile motion and that it hits the pumpkin (“pig”) with a velocity of \(\overrightarrow{v} =\) 4.56 \(\hat{x} + 0 \hat{y} \frac{\text{m}}{\text{s}} \).
(You may assume the initial height of where the gourd is launched from to be negligible.)
Part 1#
What was the \(x\)-component of the gourd’s initial velocity?
Answer Section#
Please enter in a numeric value in \(m/s\).
Part 2#
What was the \(y\)-component of the gourd’s initial velocity?
Answer Section#
Please enter in a numeric value in \(m/s\).
Part 3#
What horizontal distance away from the pumpkin was the gourd launched from?
Answer Section#
Please enter in a numeric value in \(m\).
Part 4#
What was the magnitude of the initial velocity of the gourd?
Answer Section#
Please enter in a numeric value in \(m/s\).
Part 5#
What was the angle above the horizontal at which the gourd was launched?
Answer Section#
Please enter in a numeric value in degrees.
Attribution#
Problem is licensed under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.