Question
A ball rolls off the top of a staircase with horizontal velocity u. If the height of the step is h and the width is b then at what step the ball hits?
Solution
Horizontal velocity = u
Height of the step = h
Let the ball hit the nth step.
Therefore the ball transverses a horizontal distance of nb and falls vertically by nh.
Equation of trajectory of horizontal projectile,
Substituting y = nh and x = nb, we get,