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    Conservation of momentum (wrecking ball hits a stationary object)

    I thank everyone who has replied. My question was regarding the Rube Goldberg simulation I am required to make for my PHY 101 class. I should have provided much greater detail to my original query. I was extremely frustrated after spending an embarrassingly long time trying to find the...
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    Conservation of momentum (wrecking ball hits a stationary object)

    thank you so much, you helped clarify things a lot.
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    Conservation of momentum (wrecking ball hits a stationary object)

    Hi Bob Thank you for replying so quickly.. Here is a picture (below) of what I am talking about I am trying to calculate the amount of energy converted from one form to another. The mass of the ball swinging down is .5kg, its velocity is 3.03 m/s . The mass of the block the ball is...
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    Conservation of momentum (wrecking ball hits a stationary object)

    I have a wrecking ball with a mass of .5kg traveling at 3.03 m/s that hits a stationary block .9 meters high, weighing .06kg. I calculated the ball's exit velocity after it hits the block to be -3.00 m/s . I calculated the final velocity of th block to be 4.2 m/s Vf = Sqrt 2(g)(h) = sqrt...