Past exam of the physics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge / 2013 / Paper 1 / Section B / B8 / a

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Solution

Put the station at

(0, 0)

and take B's initial position to be

(0, a)

. Interception after time

t

requires A to cover displacement

(v t, a)

at speed

u

:

u^{2} t^{2} = v^{2} t^{2} + a^{2}, t_{out} = \frac{a}{u ^{2} - v ^{2}} = \frac{5 a}{7 c} = 1.890 days .

The required launch components are

u_{x} = v = 3 c /5

and

u_{y} = u^{2} - v^{2} = 7 c /5

.

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