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2 years ago

Can an object have both kinetic energy and gravitational potential energy? Explain.

Physics

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Wewaii [24]2 years ago

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Answer:

Yes

Explanation:

An object can be moving (have kinetic energy) and be elevated above the ground at the same time (and also have potential energy).

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What was the direction of the ball’s velocity

Tju [1.3M]

Part of the question is missing. Here it is:

<em>A 72 g autographed baseball slides off of a 1.3 m high table and strikes the floor a horizontal distance of 0.7m away from the table. The acceleration of gravity is 9.81 m/s2. What was the direction of the ball’s velocity just before it hit the floor? </em>

Answer:

$\theta=-75.7^{\circ}$

Explanation:

The motion of the ball is a projectile motion, which consists of two separate motions:

- A horizontal motion at constant velocity

- A vertical motion at constant acceleration (free fall)

We start by analyzing the vertical motion, to find the time of flight of the ball. This can be done by using the suvat equation

$s=ut+\frac{1}{2}at^2$

where, choosing downward as positive direction:

s =1.3 m is the vertical displacement of the ball

u = 0 is the initial vertical velocity

$a=g=9.8 m/s^2$ is the acceleration of gravity

t is the time

Solving for t,

$t=\sqrt{\frac{2s}{a}}=\sqrt{\frac{2(1.3)}{9.8}}=0.52 s$

Now we can find the final vertical velocity of the ball, using:

$v_y=u+at$

And susbtituting t = 0.52 s, we find

$v_y = 0 +(9.8)(0.52)=5.1 m/s$

It is important to keep in mind that the direction of this velocity is downward, since we chose downward as positive direction.

The horizontal velocity of the ball instead is constant; we know that the ball covers a horizontal distance of

d = 0.7 m

In a time of

t = 0.52 s

So, the horizontal velocity is

$v_x = \frac{0.7}{0.52}=1.3 m/s$

So now we can find the direction of the ball's velocity using:

$\theta=tan^{-1}(\frac{v_y}{v_x})=tan^{-1}(\frac{5.1}{1.3})=75.7^{\circ}$

And since the vertical direction is downward, this means that this velocity is below the horizontal, so the answer is

$\theta=-75.7^{\circ}$

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3 years ago

Clara and Eli used materials they could find at home to make a simple seismograph. As Clara pulls the strip of paper through the

tatyana61 [14]

Answer:

The recording that Eli and Clara's Seismograph would show will be very close to that a real Seismograph would show. This is because the mechanism they have constructed is very similar to the real one.

Explanation:

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2 years ago

Two soccer players kick a soccer ball back and forth along a straight line. The first player kicks the ball 16 m to the right to

Oliga [24]

Answer:

The total distance is $d_t =19.1 m$

The displacement is

$D_t = 12.9m$

Explanation:

From the question we are told that

Distance traveled by the ball for first player $d_f = 16m$ to the right

Distance traveled by the ball for second player $d_s = 3.1 m$ to the left

The total distance traveled by the ball is mathematically represented as

$d_t = d_f + d_s$

Substituting values

$d_t = 16 + 3.1$

$d_t =19.1 m$

The displacement is mathematically represented as

$D_t = d_f -d_s$

This is because displacement deal with direction and from the question we are told that right is positive and left is negative

Substituting values

$D_t = 16 -3.1$

$D_t = 12.9m$

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3 years ago

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Answer:

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Objects with the same charge (Ex. North and north) repel each other.

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Could a sea breeze occur at night? Explain why or why not.

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