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That makes great sense. Thanks

Okay, so let me get this straight, it would rotate around its center of mass, and not about the point at which it was held? Thanks

1. Homework Statement A 4kg block resting on frictionless surface is attached to spring of k=100n/m. A 2g bullet is fired at 100m/s at the block. What is the period and amplitude of oscillations? 2. Homework Equations 1/2mv2 = kinetic energy 1/2kx2 = elastic energy 2 x pi x...

Yes! That makes sense according to my knowledge of the equation of centripetal equaling v to the power of 2/radius. Therefore, if you increase the distance (ie. the farthest point of the pencil), it will have more centripetal acceleration, therefore, the pencil will spin about the point at...

Yes. It rotated end over end, so this makes me think that it rotates about the farthest end of the point at which is it held. Sorry: EDIT It rotated about the furthest point, but this doesn't make sense to me, because it seems like the force should propel the point at which you hold over the...

Oh, so the force is acting at the held point. And this causes it to rotate about the furthest end, away from the force that was applied?

Would it rotate about the furthest point from the center of mass? I'm sorry, I don't understand the push reference. Could anyone clear this up?

1. Homework Statement A stick is held by one end and swung in an arc and released at the horizontal. About which point will it rotate before hitting the ground?2. Homework Equations Torque on an object = l (length from incidence of torque) x force 3. The Attempt at a Solution There is no...