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MOTION IN A PLANE WITH CONSTANT ACCELERATION

Solving Two Dimensional Motion

Two dimensional motion can be treated as One dimensional motion along two perpendicular directions

It must be simultaneous one dimensional motions

If a body moves in an X-Y plane, motions in x- and y- directions can be treated of each other

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Solving Two dimensional motion

Question

A particle starts from origin at t = 0 with a velocity 5 m/s and moves in x-y plane under action of a force which produces a constant  acceleration of 3

Answers

It's initial velocity in Y direction is 5 m/s

Its initial acceleration in Y direction is 2.0 m/s2

Resultant acceleration is 5 m/s2

Body moves a horizontal distance of 84 m at a time 6 seconds

Vertical displacement at t = 5 seconds is 36 m

Resultant speed at 6s is 26 m/s

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