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    Bowling Ball Rise: Find Speed at Top w/Conservation of Energy

    So: 1/2mvi2=mgh + 1/2mvf2? When I plug in the values for this the answer is incorrect as well.
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    Bowling Ball Rise: Find Speed at Top w/Conservation of Energy

    Homework Statement A bowling ball encounters a h = 0.662 m vertical rise on the way back to the ball rack, as the figure below illustrates. Ignore frictional losses and assume that the mass of the ball is distributed uniformly. The translational speed of the ball is 3.70 m/s at the bottom...
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    What is the equation to solve for muzzle speed in a ballistic pendulum problem?

    Homework Statement During a summer internship with a company, you devised the following method of measuring the muzzle speed of a high-powered rifle, as shown in the figure. You fire a bullet into a rod of mass 5.5 kg and length 150 cm that is free to rotate about the pivot at the top. The...
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