WANT A REAL MATH PROBLEM?!

[Sid]

Alright kiddies, i'm busting out a real paintball math/physics prob.. i'll start simple so you don't fry your brain(or for some, crush the pea) HEHE j/k

Here it is.

You're on a football field, which is perfectly level, with a paintball gun. You raise the paintball gun in the air towards the sky. You with your arm extended and the paintball gun are 2 meters tall(like from your foot to the tip of the barrel). You shoot a paintball going perfectly straight up, opposite to gravity. The paintball gun is set at 300 fps. The paintball weighs .01 kg(hey its diablo winter paint, ITs HEAVY!).

1. How high will the paintball travel?

Note: there is no air friction(pretend the paintball has a super no friction coating), atmospheric pressure is not an issue, and there is no wind. The paintball is not polarized and is completely neutral. There are no electro magnetic fields either.

Hint: gravity = 9.81 meters per second squared! ANd make sure you convert the fps to m/s(meters per sec)

Have at her!



[Edited by theflash on 03-21-2001 at 01:08 PM]

[SmartBall]

Whats the elevation?
I'm not sure it would be much of an effect, but think of it, the foot ball feild could either be on the top of Mt. Everest, or on the beachs of the Dead Sea? ahh who knows, i'm still pondering.

[Sid]

That's why i said atmospheric pressure isn't an issue.
If you're on Mt. Everest, the pressure is lighter and the air is thinner than at sea level. The thicker the air, the more air friction, which affects how far the paintball would travel.

[Cory]

i would of been able to do this last year in algebra two, but geometry this year has dumbed me down.

[chevy123]

At relevance toward the topic, No. I dont want a real math problem.

So why did I click on the thread?
YOU WILL NEVER KNOW

[Skull]

I think it's somethin like 36 ft. 5 in., but i'm no math wiz so don't quote me on that figure.

[Edited by Skull on 03-23-2001 at 04:48 PM]

[chevy123]

36ft? That just doesnt make sense.

[Skull]

Ya it doesn't really look right for a pball gun at 300 fps, does it? O well told u I wasn't a math wiz.

[chevy123]

hehe, i dont blame you..

[Cory]

give me the formula and i will figgure it out.