GETTING TIMED PLS HELP! Do the runners in the picture above represent kinetic or potential energy? you need to explain why.
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Answer:
<em>They represent kinetic energy</em>
Explanation:
<u>Kinetic Energy </u>
A body can do work due to some of its attributes or states. For example, its mass can do work if used to provide energy, if the object is at a certain height respect to some reference level, it can do work when going downwards (potential energy), if the object moves at a certain speed, it can do work when transferring part of its speed to other objects. It's called kinetic energy and is given by
Both runners are moving in a horizontal path, thus they have kinetic energy, given by the above equation. If they could jump below ground level, then they will also have potential energy
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Answer:
Explanation:
mass of object, m = 3 kg
spring constant, K = 750 n/m
compression, x = 8 cm = 0.08 m
angle of gun, θ = 30°
(a) As the ball is launched, it has some velocity due to the compression in the spring, so it has some kinetic energy.
(b) Let v be th evelocity of ball at the tim eof launch.
by using the conservation of energy
1/2 Kx² = 1/2 mv²
750 x 0.08 x 0.08 = 3 x v²
v = 1.265 m/s
By use of the formula of maximum height
h = 0.02 m
h = 2 cm