Recent content by kinalee8

Oh, see now what I got confused to thank you! and for future reference how do you know it's not and elastic/inelastic collision

isn't this an elastic collision meaning work will be conserved?

I'm sorry but what do you mean by unreadable, do you not follow the terms in the equation or is it that you do not follow how I formulated the equations? also If I found the velocity for the top of the ball what would I have to do to find it for the bottom?

<Mentor's note: moved from a technical forum and thus no template.> A pendulum consists of a bob of mass M and a rigid rod of length ℓ with negligible mass. The bob is struck by a bullet of mass m. The bullet passes through the bob and emerges with a speed half that of impact. The shot causes...