Perhaps can I find the time it takes the springless mass to hit the table and then relate it to the period of the spring-system? The values won't be the same but it makes sense that the first time would be a fraction of the period.
Also, just a concept clarification: When it says the mass is...
Homework Statement
Two 100g blocks are held 80 cm above a table. As shown in the figure, one of them is just touching a 80cm-long spring. The two blocks are released at the same time. The block on the left just hits the table at exactly the same instant as the block on the right first...
It was for the second question, but for the first. The forces acting upon the ladder are:
Since the mass resting on the ladder is at an incline:
-Downward force from the second mass (vertical component for force of gravity acting on second mass)
-Horizontal component for the force of...
Homework Statement
A 43.4 kg, 3.2 m uniform ladder leans against a frictionless wall.* A 88.6 kg person is standing on the ladder down 1.18 m from the top of the ladder.* The ladder makes an angle of 53 degrees with the horizontal.* What is the minimum coefficient of static friction between...
Homework Statement
A proton (m=1.67x10^-27) is suspended at rest in a uniform electric field E. Take into account gravity and determine E.
Homework Equations
FE=|q|E
Fg=mg
The Attempt at a Solution
FG = mg
FG = (1.67x10-27)(9.8)
FG = 1.64 x 10-26
Since the force on the...