A ball is attached to the end of a string. A child holds the other end of the string and twirls it so the ball travels in a circ
ular path. Then the child suddenly releases the string. In which direction will the ball move initially?
tangent to the circle
along the circumference of the circle
directly toward the child
directly away from the child
tangent to the circle
along the circumference of the circle
directly toward the child
directly away from the child
1 answer:
Answer:
First option
Explanation:
If the ball is running in a circular motion then its velocity <em>v</em> will be tangency to the circular path.
In this problem the centripetal force that allows the circular movement is the tension <em>T</em> of the rope to which the ball is tied, if the child releases the rope then this tension becomes equal to zero and the circular movement is interrupted.
As the speed <em>v</em> of the ball is always tangential to the circumference at any point of the same, then at the instant in which the rope is released, the ball will follow the same trajectory that it had at that moment, that is, tangential to the circumference.
Observe the attached image.
Therefore the answe is: tangent to the circle
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The Rocket Club is planning to launch a pair of model rockets. To build the rocket, the club needs a rocket body paired with an engine. The table lists the mass of three possible rocket bodies and the force generated by three possible engines.
A 4-column table with 3 rows. The first column labeled Body has entries 1, 2, 3. The second column labeled Mass (grams) has entries 500, 1500, 750. The third column labeled Engine has entries 1, 2, 3. The fourth column labeled Force (Newtons) has entries 25, 20, 30.
Based on Newton’s laws of motion, which combination of rocket bodies and engines will result in the acceleration of 40 m/s2 at the start of the launch?
Body 3 + Engine 1
Body 2 + Engine 2
Body 1 + Engine 2
Body 1 + Engine 1
Solution :
Given :
Body Mass (gram) Engine Force (newtons)
1 500 1 25
2 1500 2 20
3 750 3 30
The body 1 has a mass of 500 gram which is equal to 0.5 kg
And engine 2 has a force of 20 newtons.
We know that according to Newton's laws of motion,
Force = mass x acceleration
20 = 0.5 x acceleration
Acceleration
Therefore, based on laws of motion of Newton, the Body 1 + Engine 2 combination of the rocket bodies and engines will result in an acceleration of at the start of the launch.