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Ok, this is unrelated to the problem but I just want to make sure my understanding of some of the chapters concepts are correct...so please tell me if this is right -A swinging pendulums greatest potential energy is at its highest point (A classmate said it was constant but that just doesn't...

and an ideal spring will compress and stretch without bounds where as a real spring will break evaentually

I should also add I have been in the hospital for three weeks and am playing catch-up in class, So I apologize if I don't understand some of these replies... What I know is... the force is proportional to the displacement and (F=-kx)

As part of a fundraiser, the Chancellor has agreed to bungee jump from a crane 45 m above a pool filled with Jello. The plan is for the bungee cord to stop the Chancellor just before his head enters the Jello. Your task is to select a bungee cord that will safely stop the Chancellor's descent in...