Answer:
The maximum mass that can fall on the mattress without exceeding the maximum compression distance is 16.6 kg
Explanation:
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Due to conservation of energy, the potential energy (PE) of the mass at a height of 3.32 m will be transformed into elastic potential energy (EPE) when it falls on the mattress:
PE = EPE
m · g · h = 1/2 k · x²
Where:
m = mass.
g = acceleration due to gravity.
h = height.
k = spring constant.
x = compression distance
The maximum compression distance is 0.1289 m, then, the maximum elastic potential energy will be the following:
EPE =1/2 k · x²
EPE = 1/2 · 65144 N/m · (0.1289 m)² = 541.2 J
Then, using the equation of gravitational potential energy:
PE = m · g · h = 541.2 J
m = 541.2 J/ g · h
m = 541.2 kg · m²/s² / (9.8 m/s² · 3.32 m)
m = 16.6 kg
The maximum mass that can fall on the mattress without exceeding the maximum compression distance is 16.6 kg.
It's not so much a "contradiction" as an approximation. Newton's law of gravitation is an inverse square law whose range is large. It keeps people on the ground, and it keeps satellites in orbit and that's some thousands of km. The force on someone on the ground - their weight - is probably a lot larger than the centripetal force keeping a satellite in orbit (though I've not actually done a calculation to totally verify this). The distance a falling body - a coin, say - travels is very small, and over such a small distance gravity is assumed/approximated to be constant.
Answer:Gravity
Explanation:Gravity is the force that pulls everything down instead of up because if we didn’t have gravity we would be floating upwards
Nitrogen: 1s2, 2s2, 2p3 is correct answer.
