I am still at a loss here. I found the expansion to be 1+x/2-(x^2)/8 which really does not help me much. With x = 8.57*10^-15, I am still getting what essentially is 1.
I was able to do pretty much every other problem dealing with this topic except this one which is bothering me. Here is the question:
The distance from New York to Los Angeles is about 5000 km and should take about 50 h in a car driving at 100 km/h. (a) How much shorter than 5000 km is the...
Im still not seeing how I would do this. You said to split it up into two parts but what exactly am I trying to find in these two separate parts?
I am assuming the first part, when the ball is rolling down the incline, I am trying to find the velocity, right?
I am having a problem with this question. I can't figure out how to approach it.
A solid sphere of mass m and radius r rolls without slipping along the track. it starts from rest with the lowest point of the sphere at height h above the bottom of the loop of radius R, much larger than r...