The total mechanical energy of the system at any time t is the sum of the kinetic energy of motion of the ball and the elastic potential energy stored in the spring:

where m is the mass of the ball, v its speed, k the spring constant and x the displacement of the spring with respect its rest position.
Since it is a harmonic motion, kinetic energy is continuously converted into elastic potential energy and vice-versa.
When the spring is at its maximum displacement, the elastic potential energy is maximum (because the displacement x is maximum) while the kinetic energy is zero (because the velocity of the ball is zero), so in this situation we have:

Instead, when the spring crosses its rest position, the elastic potential energy is zero (because x=0) and therefore the kinetic energy is at maximum (and so, the ball is at its maximum speed):

Since the total energy E is always conserved, the maximum elastic potential energy should be equal to the maximum kinetic energy, and so we can find the value of the maximum speed of the ball:


Those two units can be compared to a 'mile per hour' and a 'mile per hour - hour'.
One is a rate. The other is a quantity, after maintaining a rate for some time.
-- 'Joule' is a unit of energy. It's the amount of work (energy) you do
when you push with a force of 1 newton though a distance of 1 meter.
Lifting 10 pound of beans 3 feet off the floor takes about 40.7 joules of energy.
-- 'Watt' is a <u><em>rate</em></u> of using energy . . . 1 joule per second.
If you lift 10 pounds 3 feet off the floor in 1 second, your <em>power</em> is 40.7 watts.
-- 'Watt-second' is the amount of energy used in one second,
at the rate of 1 joule per second . . . 1 joule.
-- 'Watt-hour' is the amount of energy used in one hour,
at the rate of 1 joule per second . . . 3,600 joules.
-- 'Kilowatt' is a bigger <em>rate</em> of using energy . . . 1,000 joules per second.
-- 'Kilowatt - second' is the amount of energy used in one second,
at the rate of 1,000 joules per second . . . 1,000 joules .
-- 'Kilowatt - hour' is the amount of energy used in one hour,
at the rate of 1,000 joules per second . . . 3,600,000 joules .
Depending on where you live, 3,600,000 joules of energy bought
from the electric company costs something between 5¢ and 25¢.
The period of the pendulum doesn't determine the length of the string.
It's the other way around.
The period of the pendulum is proportional to the square root of its length.
So if you want to triple the period, you have to make the string nine times
as long as it is now.
Answer:
B. False
Explanation:
Not all objects near the earths surface - regardless of size and weight - have the same force of gravity on them.