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A free falling object eventually stops on reaching the ground. What happens to its potential energy?

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Oliga [24]3 years ago

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Answer:

When an object falls freely towards the ground, its potential energy decreases and kinetic energy increases. ... As the object touches the ground, all its potential energy gets converted into kinetic energy.

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b) 480 N

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a. What is the final speed of the falcon and pigeon?

b. What is the average force on the pigeon during the impact?

<h3>a) Final speed</h3>

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In this part we will use the following equation:

$F=\frac{\Delta p}{\Delta t}$ (6)

Where:

$F$ is the force exerted on the pigeon

$\Delta t=0.015 s$ is the time

$\Delta p$ is the pigeon's change in momentum

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$\Delta p=p_{f}-p_{i}=mV-mU_{i}$ (7)

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