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    What is the Friction Force on a Spinning Disk?

    I get -3.27 n but the correct answer is -3.14 n, probably just a rounding error. But yes i do get the right answer as i messed up in i. Thankyou
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    What is the Friction Force on a Spinning Disk?

    The i or moment of inertia for a thin disk is given by i=1/2mr^2 where m is the mass of the disk and r is the radius of the disk both in meters.
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    What is the Friction Force on a Spinning Disk?

    Homework Statement A 3.10 kg, 31.0-cm-diameter disk in the figure is spinning at 300 rpm, how much force must a brake apply that is perpendicular to the rim of the disk to bring the disc to a halt in 2.4 s.Homework Equations t=i*alpha wf=0+alpha*t t=fr*sin(theta)The Attempt at a Solution...
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    Work/Energy Problem: 50g Cube on 30 Degree Slope

    Ok you can't set h=dsin(theta) that gives you the wrong answer as i get about 140 cm. I did the math for the cube without friction and it moves about 50 cm, so if there was friction it would obviously be less than 50 cm.
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    Describe the world in the year 3000

    At this rate, i don't know if we'll even make it to the year 3000.
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    How Does Earth's Rotation Affect Projectile Trajectory Calculations?

    Is the potential energy equation technically invalid as potential energy is defined as mgh but as h changes g changes, so if i launched a projectile at 2000 m/s straight up or 90 degrees, how high would it go. Guess the change in g is negligible at heights below 1000m. So technically the exact...
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    Acceleration due to gravity below earth

    How does the acceleration due to gravity change as you go underneath the earth, someone told me that it increases then decreases as you approach the core, so theoretically the acceleration due to gravity at the center of the Earth or the inner core is zero? So would you be weightless at the...
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    Work/Energy Problem: 50g Cube on 30 Degree Slope

    There's the x component of gravity and the normal force, but I'm not sure the x component of gravity does work. I know with respect to the cube the y component of gravity gives it potential energy. Does the spring do work tho, as it does apply a force f=-kx over a distance of 10 cm, that energy...
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    Work/Energy Problem: 50g Cube on 30 Degree Slope

    Homework Statement A 50 g plastic cube slides up and down a 30 degree slope with friction. The plastic cube is pressed against a spring at the bottom of the slope, compressing the spring 10 cm. The spring constant is 25 N/m. When the plastic cube is released, what total distance will it travel...
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    Is the acceleration due to gravity positive or negative

    Guess it will be negative in my case cause up is positive and down is negative and it's pulling down. But what is really important during 2 dimensional motion is if the velocity vector is in the same direction as gravity then gravity is positive, if the velocity vector is in the opposite...
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    Is the acceleration due to gravity positive or negative

    If a ball is thrown up while it's going up gravity is negative but when it's going down it's positive, so it can be either positive or negative right? But what also confuses me as when it's is seen as negative i see it as decelerating an object when it's supposed to accelerate it.
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    Pounds is a unit of mass or weight

    Yes i live in the us don't won't to learn the imperial system just curious as i was confused about that part. So what's the difference between a poundal and lbf
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    Is the acceleration due to gravity positive or negative

    I know that purely the acceleration due to gravity is positive because it accelerates things not decelerates or negative acceleration. But in some cases it can be negative but I'm not sure in which cases. For example if I'm just standing here on the ground is gravity working in a positive or...
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    Pounds is a unit of mass or weight

    I think it's both it's a unit of weight if it's pound-force and a unit of mass if it's pound-mass (lbf and lbm) lb generally refers to lbm
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