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Girl's Motion on Water Slide

The document discusses the motion of a girl sliding down a smooth water slide. It uses the principles of conservation of energy and equations of motion to calculate the height and placement of the slide given the girl's mass and initial and final positions. The girl starts at the top of the slide with potential energy and gains kinetic energy as she slides down, with the total energy remaining constant. Calculations show that for a 50kg girl starting 2.54m above the water, the slide needs to be 1.04m high and she will land in the water at a speed of 4.51m/s. Real-life applications of regulating slide speed and safety measures are also discussed.

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Girl's Motion on Water Slide

The document discusses the motion of a girl sliding down a smooth water slide. It uses the principles of conservation of energy and equations of motion to calculate the height and placement of the slide given the girl's mass and initial and final positions. The girl starts at the top of the slide with potential energy and gains kinetic energy as she slides down, with the total energy remaining constant. Calculations show that for a 50kg girl starting 2.54m above the water, the slide needs to be 1.04m high and she will land in the water at a speed of 4.51m/s. Real-life applications of regulating slide speed and safety measures are also discussed.

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EQUATION OF MOTION AND PRINCIPLE From the topic of Kinetic Other example :

OF WOORK AND ENERGY of a particle :


When the girl is on top, She has maximum Force and Acceleration, since
potential energy, by the equation P.E. = mgh. the girl is sliding down a smooth
When she is sliding down the slide, she gain water slide, it indicates that
kinetic energy while loss of potential energy. friction is negligible. So, the
K.E. = ½mv2. only force acting on the girl is
her own weight.
By the principle of conservation of energy, the
total energy can be equated in the equation
below: GIRL COMMON PROBLEM
P.E.A + K.E.A = P.E.B + K.E.B
• How to keep lighter rider and heavier
Where, P.E.A = potential energy at point A FREE BODY rider stay safety on the slide?
K.E.A DIAGRAM :
• How to minimize the friction between the
= kinetic energy at point B body and the slide to achieve maximum
P.E.B speed?
= potential energy at point B • -How to slow the boy down at the end of
K.E.B REAL LIFE APPLICATION OF the smooth water slide?
= kinetic energy at point B MOTION OF A GIRL SLIDING SOLUTION :
DOWN SMOOTH WATER • use more water as lubricates the slide to
PROBLEM RELATED TO PARTICLE MOTION: SLIDE regulate different sizes riders with a safe
The girl having a mass of 50kg ride
• pump at the base of the slide will keep
are starts from test at A through
the smooth water slide and drives water to the top to keep a constant
lands in the water at the point B 2. Motion in the y- 4. (9.81)(1.5 + h) = (9.5)(1.5) stream of water flowing over the surface to
+ ½(4.52)2 make for a speedy and frictionless ride.
: Determine the placement of L direction
14.7 + 9.8h = 14.25 + 10.22 • Steep slides will have an exit flume, which
and height, h of the water slide. s = so + vot + ½at2 is a pool of water that will slow the boy
Determine the speed at which 1.5 = 0 + 0 + ½(9.81)t2 6. Motion in the y-direction
down.
the girl lands into the water.
t = 0.553s h = 1.04m
Neglect the frictional force. s = so + vot + ½
1. W = ΔTΣ PΣ = mgh L = 0 + (4.51)(0.553) + 0
3. Δx = vot + ½at2 , 5. TA + ΣUA-C = TC
= TΣ2 - TΣ1 KΣ = ½mv2 Apply
a=0 14.7 + 9.8h = 14.25 + 10.22 = Principle
2.494m of Work and Energy From
GIRL vo = Δx/t 0 + 50(9.81)(1.04) A to B
TΣ1 = TΣ2 TA + ΣUA-B = TB
= 2.5/0.553 = ½(50)vc 2

vc = 4.51ms-1 0 + 50(9.81)(2.54) = ½(50)vB2


PΣ1 + KΣ1 = PΣ2 + KΣ2 vB = 7.06ms-1

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