A monkey throws a banana peel from a height of 14 meters. It has a mass of 0.01 kilogram. What was the approximate potential ene
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Answer:
Explanation:
Torque is defined as the cross product between the position vector ( the lever arm vector connecting the origin to the point of force application) and the force vector.
Due to the definition of cross product, the magnitude of the torque is given by:
Where is the angle between the force and lever arm vectors. So, the length of the lever arm (r) is minimun when
is equal to one, solving for r:
To solve this problem we will apply the concept related to the kinetic energy theorem. Said theorem states that the work done by the net force (sum of all forces) applied to a particle is equal to the change experienced by the kinetic energy of that particle. This is:
Here,
m = mass
v = Velocity
Our values are given as,
Replacing,
Therefore the mechanical energy lost due to friction acting on the runner is 907J