Kinematics

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A pencil writes & draws the following (free hand): Physics Kinematics (Sketch of a car, then the car speeds away)

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On screen: What you will see now is another IIT JEE problem on relative velocity. Voiceover: What you will see now is another IIT JEE problem on relative velocity.

Scene 3 On screen: Example 1 (IIT JEE 2003) A particle of mass m, moving in a circular path of radius R with a constant speed point (2R, 0) at time t = 0, and a man starts moving with a velocity

v2 is located at

v1 along the +ve y-axis from the

origin at time t = 0. Calculate the velocity of the particle w.r.t the man as a function of time.

Voiceover:

The problem is from IIT JEE 2003. It says - A particle of mass m, moving in a circular path of radius R with a constant speed velocity

v2 is located at point (2R, 0) at time t = 0, and a man starts moving with a

v1 along the +ve y-axis from the origin at time t = 0. Calculate the velocity of the particle

w.r.t the man as a function of time.

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1: Man 2: Particle We have to determine v21

v21 v2 v1

So, if we write v 1 and v 2 in their vector form we will get v21

v1 v1 j

Voiceover: We have been asked to find out the velocity of the particle relative to the man, or v21 . Now,
v21 v2 v1

So, if we write v 1 and v 2 in their vector form we will get v21 It is very easy to write v 1 in the vector form with respect to the coordinate axes shown.
v1 v1 j

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 (R sin ) r (R R cos ) i j

v2
Or

v2 R dr d d (R cos ) (R sin ) i (R cos ) j (R sin ) i j dt dt dt

(v cos ) v2 (v2 sin ) i j 2

Voiceover: Writing v 2 is not that simple, though. That is because unlike v 1 , v 2 is constantly changing in its direction. Suppose at time t, the particle is at point P. Then, its position vector can be written as
(R sin ) r (R R cos ) i j

We must recognize here that r is a function of time because is continuously changing with time. Since the particle is moving in circle with constant speed v 2 , its angular velocity is also constant.

v2 R

Lets now differentiate the position vector with respect to time.

v2
Or

dr d d (R cos ) (R sin ) i (R cos ) j (R sin ) i j dt dt dt

(v cos ) v2 (v2 sin ) i j 2

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v21 v2 v1

But And So,

v1 v1 j (v cos ) v2 (v2 sin ) i j 2 (v cos v ) v21 (v2 sin ) i 2 1 j

Voiceover: We said earlier that

v21 v2 v1

And have found And So,

v1 v1 j (v cos ) v2 (v2 sin ) i j 2 (v cos v ) v21 (v2 sin ) i 2 1 j