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Hi tiny-tim I'm trying to figure out my mistake with your advice, but I'm a little stumped by what you mean by that. Can you elaborate on that?

Homework Statement In the figure below, a 30 kg child stands on the edge of a stationary merry-go-round of mass 100 kg and radius 2.0 m. The rotational inertia of the merry-go-round about its rotation axis is 150 kg·m2. The child catches a ball of mass 1.1 kg thrown by a friend. Just before...

Homework Statement When the block is pulled out to x = +5.0 cm, we must apply a force of magnitude 460 N to hold it there. We pull the block to x = +12.0 cm and then release it. The 3 figures can be described by this. (a) A spring in its relaxed state. The origin of an x-axis has been...

Thank you everyone for your help. Much appreciated.

So, if a = F/m, then is that also the initial acceleration also? It stated not to neglect gravity, do I multiply gravity by the mass into the equation?

Homework Statement Compute the initial upward acceleration of a rocket of mass 1.2 multiplied by 10^4 kg if the initial upward force produced by its engine (the thrust) is 2.7 multiplied by 10^5 N. Do not neglect the gravitational force on the rocket. Homework Equations F = ma...