A blue car with mass mc = 468 kg is moving east with a speed of vc = 21 m/s and collides with a purple truck with mass mt = 1264
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Answer:
The answer to the question is;
The total potential energy of the mass on the spring when the mass is at either endpoint of its motion is 5.0255 Joules.
Explanation:
To answer the question, we note that the maximum speed is 2.30 m/s and the mass is 1.90 kg
Therefore the maximum kinetic energy of motion is given by
Kinetic Energy, KE =
Where,
m = Attached vibrating mass = 1.90 kg
v = velocity of the string = 2.3 m/s
Therefore Kinetic Energy, KE = ×1.9×2.3² = 5.0255 J
From the law of conservation of energy, we have the kinetic energy, during the cause of the vibration is converted to potential energy when the mass is at either endpoint of its motion
Therefore Potential Energy PE at end point = Kinetic Energy, KE at the middle of the motion
That is the total potential energy of the mass on the spring when the mass is at either endpoint of its motion is equal to the maximum kinetic energy.
Total PE = Maximum KE = 5.0255 J.