i got this already, i asked my teacher on MSN to find out..
the solution is actually finding the momentum downwards + upwards.
S=1/2at^2 and use V=at. and i got V.
dont you see the hook is at the connecting point of 2 ropes?
the 2 ropes added up to 500N.
but then one rope is longer, and one is shorter, so the force they contain is different too
Homework Statement
A superball with a mass of 83.6 g is dropped
from a height of 3.1 m. It rebounds to a height
of 2.5 m.
The acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/s2.
What is the change in its linear momentum
during the collision with the floor? Answer in unit
of kg m/s...