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    Help Me Solve a Difficult Physics Problem!

    Just one short question, I've ended up with a equation for the time t (question c), could you disconfirm or confirm it? My answer is: t=1/2*d*A1/A2*sqrt(2)/sqrt(g*(h-d))
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    Help Me Solve a Difficult Physics Problem!

    Ok Thanks, think I can solve it now (will try later today). About A1>>A2, I had just misspelled, but I have corrected it now!
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    Help Me Solve a Difficult Physics Problem!

    I've tried that as well! But then I run into the problem of determining the speed of the water before it enters the straw (in other words: the speed of the flow in the glass)...
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    Help Me Solve a Difficult Physics Problem!

    Okey, so using the that, I get that the speed at the end of the pipe is: v = sqrt(2dg-2gh+(v0)^2) But I've gotten this far before, my problem is to determine the speed v0 when the water is entering the straw... My guess is that it can be determined by some relationship between y1, A1 and...
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    Help Me Solve a Difficult Physics Problem!

    Hey, One of my homework tasks is, embarrasing, too hard for me to tackle without some help. So I help somebody can help me with the following problem: TASK: "You have a filled glass of water. A straw is stuck partly down into the glass (a depth d from the surface), the other end of the...
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    Calculating Force & Impulse in Car Collision Situations

    Hey, I've been looking on this problem: "You have two cars with equal mass and speed (50km/h), which crash head on. One driver is wearing a seat belt (situation 1), the other not (situation 2). Calculate the force and impulse on each of the drivers during the collision. You can assume that...
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    How Much Water Flow is Needed to Generate 2010 MW at the Grand Coulee Dam?

    Mechanical energy Think of energy equations: E=mgh
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    Billiard Balls Collision: Final Direction & Speed of Equal Mass Balls

    Kinetic energy maintained The collision is elastic, and that means that the kinetic energy is maintained - just use that fact to find the answer
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    Car Colision and speed question

    Think You use the total normal force to find the friction force, then you find the acceleration and finally find the v0 velocity...
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    The work of friction forces - and - the total work of systems

    msn? do you have msn bonulo? Mine is erikandr(at)gmail.com
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    The work of friction forces - and - the total work of systems

    the pdf-solution relative to the belt, the block does not increase its kinetic energy.
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    The work of friction forces - and - the total work of systems

    hmm.. I really think the answer is NO (friction can't do positive work)
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    Positive work done by FRICTION?

    Now I'm really confused! Can friction do positive work?
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    Positive work done by FRICTION?

    This is indeed a difficult question to answer! I think I will answer the task by saying: " Friction can't do positive work, because: (1) In the case of kinetic friction: Kinetic friction always oppose motion so W = F*d*cos(x>90 degrees) = - F*d (2) In the case of static friction...
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    Positive work done by FRICTION?

    Just one last thing: To mezarashi: Could you give me those examples? Because as far as I understand it now, kinetic friction will always do negativ work (relative to the direction of motion), while static friction can do positive work, but is a passive force so it really doesn't count...?
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