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If I go back to my original assumption that both man and ape have the same initial velocity and discount that one is at 0 degrees and the other is at 180 degrees I can write their energy formulas as: mgR = 1/2mv^2 and MgR = 1/2Mv^2 v = sqrt 2gR Then if I write the momentum formula as...

Would it be proper to say the man lost his kinetic energy after the collision and write the final energy equation as: 1/2(M+m)vF^2 = (M+m)gh where h= r(1-cos35) and vF = sqrt 2gr(1-cos35) then vM would be sqrt 2g Um = m(vm)gh, where h = (r-rcos180), cos 180 =-1, r-(-r) r+r = 2r...

Homework Statement George of the Jungle, with mass m, swings on a light vine hanging from a stationary branch. A second vine of equal length hangs from the same point, and a gorilla of larger mass M swings in the oposite direction on it. Both vines are horizontal when the primates start...