Engineering
Physics
Acceleration
Collision
Projectile Motion
Question

A stone is projected from a horizontal plane. It attains maximum height 'H' & strikes a stationary smooth wall & falls on the ground vertically below the maximum height. Assume the collision to be elastic the height of the point on the wall where ball will strike is:

3H/4

H/4

None

H/2

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Solution
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t=3R4vcosθ=3×2v2sinθ·cosθ4vcosθg=3vsinθ2 g

h = uyt – gt2 = v sin θ . (3vsinθ2g)-12g(3vsinθ2g)2

=3v2sin2θ2g-9v2sin2θ8g

=v2sin2θ2 g3-94=3H4H=v2sin2θ2 g.