Question

Problem 11

Answer 1

Given information

A meter stick, a rock and a slingshot are given, using only the given materials, the speed imparted by the slingshot to the rock is asked.

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

The speed a slingshot imparts to the given rock can be found out using the concept of projectile motion.

Let the height measured by the meter stick from which the rock is released be 'h'.

ie; vertical displacement .

Initial velocity in the vertical direction is zero

ie;   

Acceleration in the vertical direction is the acceleration due to gravity 'g'.

ie;