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A particle leaves the origin with an initial velocity of 4.10 m/s in the x direction, and moves with constant acceleration ax = -1.40 m/s2 and ay = 3.80 m/s2. How far does the particle move in the x direction before turning around? What is the particle's velocity at this time? Enter the x component first, followed by the y component.
Given the initial velocity components
And given the acceleration components
And so, from the kinematical equations, we get for the x
component
and
Alternatively, we get
And for the particle to turn around in the x-direction, we require
the particle velocity to become zero momentarily, i.e.,
And so, putting the given values, we get
And the time at which the particle turn around in the x direction,
is given by
So, putting the given values, we get
The velocity at this time along the x direction is zero, i.e,
The motion in the y direction is given by
So, at the above time, we get the velocity in the y direction