I've been attempting my Physics homework and realize I have no idea how to do any of the problems. Instead of asking each of them, I figured I'd ask if anyone knew where I could find a general lesson plan for this section. Here are some of the problems. All help is appreciated :).
1) A...
1/ 2mg
God this is confusing me way more than it needs to
So that goes on the x axis, and h/x^2 would be on the y axus because h/x^2 would be equal to k * 1/2mg.
Is this correct?
Thanks again for the help!
So with the equation 1/2kx^2 = mgh, you could extract out h and get
h=kx^2/2mg
so h/x^2= k/2mg
That way you could plot h/x^2 on one axis and 2mg on the other. and k would be the slope? I think that I understand the physics part pretty well, but I'm struggling with the math.
x^2 on the x, and 2mgh on the y.
I know that I could put mass or weight on for one variable, and height for the other, but I don't think that would solve for k, right?
Would height/x on one axis and mg on the other solve leave a slope of k? I don't even know how to check if I am right.
Oh, and...
Homework Statement
I quickly copied this down, so it is paraphrased but I hope it still makes sense.
Some children are playing with a spring toy, compressing it off the ground and seeing how high it bounces. When they attach different masses to it, it bounces different heights. Each time...