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Homework Statement A helium filled balloon is tied to a 2 m long uniform string of mass 0.05 kg.The balloon is spherical with a radius of 0.4 m. When released it lifts a length h of the string off of the ground. Find the length h given that the balloon has a mass of 0.25 kg. Homework...

Apphysicist - Yeah that makes sense... I thought about it, but for some reason couldn't get ln out of my head. We've used it the most throughout this course. Thanks a lot. cepheid - Thats what I was thinking too, which is why I was having so much trouble with this lol. I dunno, guess I just...

Homework Statement I have to do an experiment tomorrow, in which we roll a cart down an inclined plane to find the acceleration of the cart. We are given set distances (20, 40, 60, and 80 cm) and will be told to time how long it takes the cart to go said distances. Once we have this...