Recent content by drmumma

You are my hero! ok awesome so find acceleration via conservation of energy then use perhaps a physical pendulum equation? or simple pendulum equation?

Alrighty this problem is making me crazy. A guy is swinging on a swing where the height above ground=2ft., the length of rope=8ft., mass of guy=100kg and theta=30 degrees. The rope breaks when he is close to the ground... what is the distance that he will land on the ground? I am so lost, I...