Recent content by James West

You build a 2.6-kg mound of mashed potatoes on a kitchen scale (which is a spring scale). You then use a large spoon to press on the top of the mound at a constant force of 3.8 N. While you are doing this, the scale reading increases by 5.0%. What is the acceleration of the center of mass of the...

I am taking an introductory physics course at college right now and honestly, I'd rather take an uppercut to the jaw then take another physics class. I'm great at Mathematics(that's my major) but I just can't seem to get any physics problems. I have so much trouble setting them up and solving...