Yep, each one corresponds to a different trial.
The experiment assumes it strikes it perfectly flat, and the whole system is linear.
I calculated the various values, such as kinetic energy on the block, the velocities, and the times, but how can I unite them under one equation where it is...
Yep it becomes a projectile motion. My teacher was asking the class, to determine a formula that will be able to roughly calculate the same data as he gave us. The independent variable is the height the pendulum is dropped above the ledge. In this case, he performed a lab where he roughly...
The 1.05 is the block that is originally sitting on a ledge 1.05m above the ground.
I've worked on it a bit more, and it seems like no pendulum knowledge is required.
The .73 Height represents what energy is there to begin with. The .25 is to represent what is left, and subtracting the two...
Homework Statement
So this was a long question recently given on my exam, and I had only a slight idea of how to do it.
A block of wood is 1.05m above the ground, and there's a ledge supporting it, and its just sitting there. A pendulum that weighs 200g. When it is pulled back, it is 0.73m...