Answer:
Potential energy plus kinetic energy equals mechanical energy because mechanical energy is basically just all of an object's energy, it's just two kinds of energy. The potential is stored inside and kinetic is being used. Both of those together is the total amount of the objects energy, which is the mechanical energy.
Explanation:
Answer:
a) The rotational inertia when it passes through the midpoints of opposite sides and lies in the plane of the square is 16.8 kg m²
b) I = 50.39 kg m²
c) I = 16.8 kg m²
Explanation:
a) Given data:
m = 0.98 kg
a = 4.14 * 4.14
The moment of inertia is:

For 4 particles:

b) Distance from top left mass = x = a/2
Distance from bottom left mass = x = a/2
Distance from top right mass = x = √5 (a/2)
The total moment of inertia is:

c)

Answer: 3.49 s
Explanation:
We can solve this problem with the following equation of motion:
(1)
Where:
is the final height of the ball
is the initial height of the ball
is the initial velocity (the ball was dropped)
is the acceleratio due gravity
is the time
Isolating
:
(2)
(3)
Finally we find the time the ball is in the air:
(4)