Question icon
Grade 12th passGeneral Physics

  1. distance between a frog & a insect on a horizontal plane is 10m.frog can jump with a maximum speed of root 10 m/s,g=10m/s2.what is the minimum number of jumps required by the frog to catch insect?

Profile image of sabra
11 Years agoGrade 12th pass
Answers icon

2 Answers

Profile image of VISHESH DHARAIYA
11 Years ago
No. of jumps = 10
Use the formula for range in parabolic motion. Take sin2(theta)=1 as theta=45 degree.
Profile image of Vamsidhar
7 Years ago
First find the maximum range of it
i.e  u 2/g
(✓10) 2/10
1m
Total distance=10m
No of jumps=10
I think this the better solution to find out the minimum no of jumps