Recent content by peterbishop

Yep you're right, thanks, for some reason whenever I wrote it down in my notes before I did the calculation I left out mass.

Homework Statement A 17 kg box slides 4.0 m down the frictionless ramp shown in the figure, then collides with a spring whose spring constant is 210 N/m. (picture attached) a) What is the maximum compression of the spring? (solved this part) b) At what compression of the spring does the...

I have this problem now as well and I would be able to do it fine but I'm not sure how to handle the 2 tensions on m2 to draw the free body diagram and Newton's 2nd law component equations. Are they equal? I assume they have to be equal as it is an ideal massless string, etc. Do we treat it...

Homework Statement Exact question: A hobby rocket reaches a height of 35m and lands 259m from the launch point. What was the angle of launch? We know... Xmax = 259m Ymax = 35m Xo and Xmax are at equal y values, or heights, 0 in my chosen coordinate system Homework Equations 1)...