✔ 最佳答案
Take downwards as +VE.
The above calculations consider the downwards journey where the boy returns to the ground from the highest point ( 0.5m above ground ), so u = 0 , a = 10, s = 0.5:
s = ut + at^2 / 2
0.5 = ( 0 )( t ) + ( 10 )( t^2 ) / 2
t = 0.316s
But it's only half of the journey, the time taken for the upwards journey ( another 0.316s ) has not been taken in account.
Therefore the hang-time = 0.316 x 2 = 0.632s
= = = = = =
Alternative method: consider the upwards journey
( v = 0, a = 10, s = -0.5 )
v^2 - u^2 = 2as
0^2 - u^2 = 2 ( 10 )( - 0.5 )
u = -3.16m/s ( since downwards is taken as +VE )
As the boy returns to his starting point, s = 0 in the whole journey,
s = ut + at^2 / 2
0 = ( - 3.16 )( t ) + ( 10 )( t^2 / 2 )
t = 0 ( rejected ) or t = 0.632s which is the hang-time