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An elastic ball is dropped on a long inclined plane. If bounces, hits the plane again, bounces and so on. let us Label the distance between the point of the first and second hit d12 and the distance between the points of second and the third hit is d23. find the ratio of d12/d23.

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Options:
  • A 21
  • B 12
  • C 41
  • D 14
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The correct answer is: 12
If we rotate the coordinate system so that the ramp is horizontal, then the free fall acceleration will have two components one downward ay=- g cosθ and one horizontal ax=g sinθ. In this frame, the initial velocity will have components given by Vy=V0cosθ & Vx=V0 sinθ time for each bounce is given by tb=2Vy-ay=2V0g

The horizontal displacement Δx=Vxt + 0.5 axt2

given these equation

d12=V0 sinθ2V0g + 0.5g sinθ 2V0g2

= 4V02sinθg

d13=V0sinθ4V0g + 0.5 g sinθ4V0g2

= 12V02sinθg

Since d23=d13- d12= 8V02sinθg

d12d23=12

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