Year: 2001
Paper: 2
Question Number: 11
Course: LFM Pure and Mechanics
Section: Projectiles
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A two-stage missile is projected from a point $A$
on the ground with horizontal and vertical velocity components
$u$ and $v$, respectively. When it reaches the highest point of
its trajectory an internal explosion causes it to break up into
two fragments. Immediately after this explosion one of these
fragments, $P$, begins to move vertically upwards with speed
$v_e$, but retains the previous horizontal velocity. Show that
$P$ will hit the ground at a distance $R$ from $A$ given by
$$
\frac{gR}u = v+v_e + \sqrt{v_e^2 +v^2}\, .
$$
It is required that the range $R$ should be greater than
a certain distance $D$ (where $D> 2uv/g$). Show that this requirement is satisfied
if
\[
v_e> \frac{gD}{2u}\left( \frac{gD-2uv}{gD-uv}\right).
\]
\noindent[{\sl The effect of air resistance is to be neglected.}]