Part III:

Air Plane landing Path.

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An airplane is flying altitude H when it begins descent to an airport runaway that is at horizontal ground distance L from the airplane as shown in the figure below. Assume the landing path of the airplane is the graph of a cubic polynomial function ! ! !! ! ! !! ! ! !" ! ! Where y(-L) =H and y(0) =0.

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1. Y(0)= 0, Y(0)= a(0)3 + b(0)2 + c(0) +d = d so d = 0 2. Y(-L)= a(-L)3 + b(-L)2 + c(-L) = -aL3 + bL2 + cL 3. Y (x)= 3ax2 + 2bx + c 4. Y(0) = 0 which cane be notice from the graph Y(0)= 3a(0)2 + 2b(0) + c = c ! c = 0 5. Y(-L) = 0 which cane be notice from the graph Y(-L)= 3a(-L)2 + 2b(-L) = 0 Y(-L)= 3aL2 - 2bL = 0 ! b =!
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VERTICAL MOTION

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Hamad kicks a football vertically upward and the ball traces a path of an inverted parabola. After t seconds its height above the ground is given by

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a) After how many seconds will the ball touches the ground #$ Discuss the specialty about the time !! ! !
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a)

s(t) = 60t - 16t2 0 = 60t - 16t2 0 = (4t-15) (4t) 4t=0 ! t=0 Or

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4t 15 = 0 ! 4t = 15,

t = 3.75 s

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S(T)= -16t2 + 60t S( )=-16( )2 +60( )

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S( )= 56.25 m
It is 56.25 m away from the ground. It is half the time of the total period. It is the maximum heights reached by the ball, after this height the ball will starts to fall. !

c) The maximum height attended is always located in the half of the path, which is at the half of the total period, and we found in question a and it is 3.75 s.
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The maximum height is 56.25 m.

d) v(t)=s(t) therefore v(1) = s(1)

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s(t) = -16t2 + 60t s(t)=(-2)(16t) + 60 = -32t + 60 v(1) = s(1) = -32(1)+60 = 28 m/s Instantaneous velocity at t= 1s = 28 m/s