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hey all
i have this very annoying physics problem that I've been looking at for hours.
In the physics laboratory, a glider is released from rest on a frictionless air track inclined at an angle. If the glider has gained a speed of 22.0 cm/s in traveling 40.0 cm from the starting point, what was the angle of inclination of the track? Assume that the initial velocity is zero.
I understand that you have the initial velocity and the final velocity, and you can find the acceleration with a "constant acceleration" equation, specifically DeltaX= 1/2acceleration*time squared, but how on Earth do you find the angle of inclination given only the value for x, and not for y or the hypotenuse?
Someone please help!
i have this very annoying physics problem that I've been looking at for hours.
In the physics laboratory, a glider is released from rest on a frictionless air track inclined at an angle. If the glider has gained a speed of 22.0 cm/s in traveling 40.0 cm from the starting point, what was the angle of inclination of the track? Assume that the initial velocity is zero.
I understand that you have the initial velocity and the final velocity, and you can find the acceleration with a "constant acceleration" equation, specifically DeltaX= 1/2acceleration*time squared, but how on Earth do you find the angle of inclination given only the value for x, and not for y or the hypotenuse?
Someone please help!