Answer:
0.37 m/s to the left
Explanation:
Momentum is conserved. Initial momentum = final momentum.
m₁ u₁ + m₂ u₂ = m₁ v₁ + m₂ v₂
Initially, both the fisherman/boat and the package are at rest.
0 = m₁ v₁ + m₂ v₂
Plugging in values and solving:
0 = (82 kg + 112 kg) v + (15 kg) (4.8 m/s)
v = -0.37 m/s
The boat's velocity is 0.37 m/s to the left.
This is the equation for elastic potential energy, where U is potential energy, x is the displacement of the end of the spring, and k is the spring constant.
<span> U = (1/2)kx^2
</span><span> U = (1/2)(5.3)(3.62-2.60)^2
</span> U = <span>
<span>2.75706 </span></span>J
Answer:
0.6 m
Explanation:
When a spring is compressed it stores potential energy. This energy is:
Ep = 1/2 * k * x^2
Being x the distance it compressed/stretched.
When the spring bounces the ice cube back it will transfer that energy to the cube, it will raise up the slope, reaching a high point where it will have a speed of zero and a potential energy equal to what the spring gave it.
The potential energy of the ice cube is:
Ep = m * g * h
This is vertical height and is related to the distance up the slope by:
sin(a) = h/d
h = sin(a) * d
Replacing:
Ep = m * g * sin(a) * d
Equating both potential energies:
1/2 * k * x^2 = m * g * sin(a) * d
d = (1/2 * k * x^2) / (m * g * sin(a))
d= (1/2 * 25 * 0.1^2) / (0.05 * 9.81 * sin(25)) = 0.6 m
For an object moving in a path that's a circle or a part of one,
the centripetal force acts in the direction toward the center of
the circle. That direction is perpendicular to the way the object
is moving.
