<span>You should deflect the
ball in order to maximize your speed on the skateboard.
Since this creates a larger impulse, you want to deflect the ball. Splitting it
up into catching and throwing the ball may by something you can think of deflecting
the ball. First, you need to catch the ball, which in turn would push you
forward with some speed. (The speed we are talking about should obviously be
equal to option A, where you catch the ball). Now, throw the ball back to him
since these two processes are equal to deflecting the ball. Throwing a mass away
from you would cause or enable you to move even fast.</span>
Answer:
T = 2.83701481512 seconds
Explanation:
Hi!
The formula that you will want to use to solve this question is:
T--> period
L --> length of the pendulum
g --> acceleration due to gravity (9.8m/s^2)
since we know that the mass of the bob at the end of the pendulum does not affect the period of the pendulum, we can go ahead and ignore that bit of information (unless, of course, the weight causes the pendulum to stretch)
so now we can plug in our given info into the formula above and solve!
T = 2*pi * sqrt(2/9.8)
T = 2.83701481512 seconds
*Note*
- I used 3.14 to pi, if you need to use a different value for pi (a longer version, etc) your answer will be slightly different
I hope this helped!