How would mass determine if an egg will crack or not and why?
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Explanation:
Let's assume that an object is launched straight upward in a gravitational field. Its initial kinetic energy is given by
(1)
where m is the mass and v is the initial speed.
As the object goes higher, its kinetic energy decreases and it is converted into gravitational potential energy, since the total mechanical energy (sum of kinetic and potential energy) must remain constant:
At the highest point of the trajectory, the speed of the object is zero (v=0), so the kinetic energy is also zero (K=0), which means that all the kinetic energy has been converted into potential energy:
(2)
where g is the gravitational acceleration and h is the maximum height of the object.
Due to conservation of energy, we can write that (1) and (2) are equal, so:
from which we can derive an expression for the maximum height reached by the object