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    Simple Harmonic Motion of a Spring

    Well could you not manipulate the formula x(t)=Xmcos(wt+∅)? I have been stuck on this question for hours now with no progress at all and am running out of motivation.
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    Simple Harmonic Motion of a Spring

    So over the weekend my physics prof has assigned an assignment where one of the questions is as follows and here is my thought process: A massless spring hangs from the ceiling with a small object attached to its lower end. The object is initially held at rest in a position yi such that the...
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    Car Crash Problem: Solving Speed Before Impact

    Sorry what? I've only just finished physics 30 and don't understand how to factor in frictional energy dissipation. As for relating that to the kinetic energy of the car-box that is what I had done.
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    Car Crash Problem: Solving Speed Before Impact

    **Not a homework problem but I was directed here** Hello, over the weekend I was involved in a car accident and received a careless driving ticket because the officer believed that I was going an insane amount of speed. My first instinct to react to this would to be to sit down and do the...
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