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When the person is at the top of the slide they have lots of gravitational potential energy, but no kinetic energy (they aren't moving). As they begin to slide down, that gravitational potential energy is converted into kinetic energy. Remember that K=1/2mv^2. Since the height of the slide...

False alarm everybody. Typing out the problem helped me catch the error. Cheers!

Homework Statement I'm having problem with a couple parts of this problem. I know how to work it (I think), but I'm consistently off by a couple orders of magnitude off the answer provided by the professor. I've already found that the isotope 90SR+ needs to be given a speed of...

Homework Statement An infinitely long line of charge has linear charge density λ = 3.00 pC/m. A proton is at a distance d = 14.5 cm from the line and moving directly toward the line at v = 2.00 km/s. a. (3 points) What is the kinetic energy of the proton? b. (15 points) How close does the...

Is this an insulating sphere or a conducting sphere?

I would be inclined to say that your hypothesis was partially correct. I wonder, however, if perhaps your hypothesis isn't a conglomeration of two separate hypotheses. The first, predicting a linear trend, is supported by your data, while the second, predicting a plateau, is falsified.