Dane is standing on the moon holding an 8 kilogram brick 2 metres above the ground. How much energy is in the brick's gravitatio
2 answers:
The gravitational potential energy of the brick is 25.6 J
Explanation:
The gravitational potential energy of an object is the energy possessed by the object due to its position in a gravitational field.
Near the surface of a planet, the gravitational potential energy is given by
where
m is the mass of the object
g is the strength of the gravitational field
h is the height of the object relative to the ground
For the brick in this problem, we have:
m = 8 kg is its mass
g = 1.6 N/kg is the strenght of the gravitational field on the moon
h = 2 m is the height above the ground
Substituting, we find:
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The given data is incomplete. The complete question is as follows.
At an accident scene on a level road, investigators measure a car's skid mark to be 84 m long. It was a rainy day and the coefficient of friction was estimated to be 0.36. Use these data to determine the speed of the car when the driver slammed on (and locked) the brakes. (why does the car's mass not matter?)
Explanation:
Let us assume that v is the final velocity and u is the initial velocity of the car. Let s be the skid marks and be the friction coefficient and m be the mass of car.
Hence, the given data is as follows.
v = 0, s = 84 m, = 0.36
According to Newton's law of second motion the expression for acceleration is as follows.
F = ma
= ma
= ma
a =
Also,
=
= 24.36 m/s
Thus, we can conclude that the speed of the car when the driver slammed on (and locked) the brakes is 24.36 m/s.