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My class didn't get very far. I was disappointed, as I am taking AP Physics C: Mechanics, so I could not really help out as I haven't done E&M at all this year. It was pretty much up to Honors physics students who are currently studying capacitance. Anyway, I have a copy of the solution now...

Ok, the seniors just gave us the answer. I may be back with another problem later, but I think this it for now. the answer was .46 rad/s

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Ok, so I am in the middle of what is known as the "axe hunt" at my school. It is the culminating event of the year. The seniors puts together a scavenger hunt that is supposed to take 24 hours consisting of various clues that will require juniors to use their athletic and intellectual...

Homework Statement Two blocks of mass M2 and M1 (M2>M1) are connected by a spring with force constant k and are free to slide on a frictionless table. They are pulled apart and then released from rest. In terms of M1, M2, and k, what would the period of oscillation be? Homework...

I am not sure if you have gotten to impulse, but if you have, then you can solve with those equations. Recall that linear momentum J equals the change in impulse - J=mv2-mv1 Also remember that J=Favg*T You'll have solved for J, and you already know that T=3 ms, so you should be able to find...

I have been doing problems for the last two hours, and still haven't really gotten much further on figuring this out..

I have been doing quite a few SHM problems, and I just have a few questions in general. A lot of questions evolved from one particular problem type: A mass attached to the end of a vertical spring of spring constant k. My questions: 1. How can we prove that we can use the equation...

So I am attempting to prove the simple harmonic motion equations with calculus so as to develop a better understanding of shm problems and have more flexibility when it comes to solving them. I am having a bit of trouble understanding the proof of w=(k/m)^(1/2) Here is how I am doing it. I...

This much more of a general question that I've encountered in quite a few problems and I haven't found an answer to in my books or searching the net yet. Take, for example, a ball that has been propelled into motion by a spring gun on the floor. Initially, the ball accelerates so that the ball...

ahh.. v^2=v0^2+2a(x-x0) but since initial velocity in the y direction is 0 v^2=-2g(x-x0) and since -2g is a constant, v^2 is directly proportional to displacement, and thus kinetic energy is directly proportional to displacement! Thanks Doc Al!

[solved] Graph of Kinetic Energy v. Displacement of a Falling Object Homework Statement Draw and label a graph with energy for the y-axis and displacement for the x-axis of the kinetic energy and potential energy of an object in free-fall that started with a horizontal speed of 30 m/s from a...

no ideas? Please help...

[SOLVED] Gravitational potential energy edit: solved

Actually, I think I get it now after messing around with some pictures..still, I think this was a stupid and poorly phrased problem.