JEE MainPhysicsMotion in A PlaneMCQ+4 / −1
A shell is fired from a fixed artillery gun with an initial speed u such that it hits the target on the ground at a distance R from it. If t1 and t2 are the values of the time taken by it to hit the target in two possible ways, the product t1t2 is -
- A
- B
- C
- D
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Correct answer: A
- For a projectile fired with speed at angle , the horizontal range is
Since the shell reaches the same target at distance in two possible ways, the two projection angles are complementary:
because
- Time of flight for a projectile is
So the two times are
- Their product is
Using ,
But from the range formula,
Substitute this into the expression for :
- Therefore, the correct option is
So, Option A is correct.
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