Question 12 Marks
A staircase contains three steps each 10cm high and 20cm wide (figure). What should be the minimum horizontal velocity of a ball rolling off the uppermost plane so as to hit directly the lowest plane?


Answer
View full question & answer→At minimum velocity it will move just touching point E reaching the ground. A is origin of reference coordinate. If u is the minimum speed.$\text{X}=40,\text{Y}=-20,\theta=0^{\circ}$
$\therefore\text{Y = x}\tan\theta-\text{g}\frac{\text{x}^2\sec^2\theta}{2\text{u}^2}$ $\big($because $\text{g}=10\text{m/s}^2=1000\text{cm/s}^2\big)$
$\Rightarrow-20=\text{x}\tan\theta-\frac{1000\times40^2\times1}{2\text{u}^2}$
$\Rightarrow\text{u}=200\text{cm/s}=2\text{m/s}.$
$\therefore$ The minimum horizontal velocity is 2m/s.

$\therefore\text{Y = x}\tan\theta-\text{g}\frac{\text{x}^2\sec^2\theta}{2\text{u}^2}$ $\big($because $\text{g}=10\text{m/s}^2=1000\text{cm/s}^2\big)$
$\Rightarrow-20=\text{x}\tan\theta-\frac{1000\times40^2\times1}{2\text{u}^2}$
$\Rightarrow\text{u}=200\text{cm/s}=2\text{m/s}.$
$\therefore$ The minimum horizontal velocity is 2m/s.







