A 35 g steel ball is held by a ceiling-mounted electromagnet 3.5 m above the floor. A compressed-air cannon sits on the floor, 4.0 m to one side of the point directly under the ball. When a button is pressed, the ball drops and, simultaneously, the cannon fires a 25 g plastic ball. The two balls collide 1.0 m above the floor. What was the launch speed of the plastic ball?
Q:A 35 g steel ball is held by a ceiling-mounted electromagnet 3.5 m above the floor. Acompressed-air cannon sits on the floor, 4.0 m to one side of the point directly under the ball.When a button is pressed, the ball drops and, simultaneously, the cannon fires a 25 g plastic ball.The two balls collide 1.0 m above the floor. What was the launch speed of the plastic ball Step By Step SolutionStep 1 of 5:Let us draw the diagram to understand the problem:For the plastic ball and the steel ball to collide exactly at 1m above the ground, the time taken bythe plastic ball to travel 4m and the steel ball to travel 2.5m vertically downwards as shown inthe diagram.
