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Maggie
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- Homework Statement
- A 9.6 kg mass slides on a frictionless one- dimensional track with a speed of 14.6 m/s. Suddenly it explodes so that afterwards a section of mass 0.2 kg is moving in the opposite direction with speed 2.4 m/s. Find the energy (in J) that released in the explosion.
- Relevant Equations
- Ek=0.5mv^2
Hello, I think the only energy involved is kinetic energy. So I subtract to get the difference between two stages to find the energy cost by explosion.
(0.5*9.6*14.6^2)-(0.5*0.2*2.4^2)=1022.59J
However the system said that this answer is wrong, So I wondered where did I make a mistake?
(0.5*9.6*14.6^2)-(0.5*0.2*2.4^2)=1022.59J
However the system said that this answer is wrong, So I wondered where did I make a mistake?