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    Help Solving Harmonic Motion Problem

    Can you offer some help on the following question? I've been trying different things for a while but can't get the right answer. Thanks! At time t = 0, consider a 1/2 wavelength long section of the rope which is carrying the wave y = 0.06 cos(2.1 t - 2.4 x) between two points which have zero...
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    HELP Angular Acceleration

    Okay... treating them as point masses: alpha = torque / I = (m1)gr - (m2)gr / m1(r^2) + m2(r^2) = 12(9.8)(0.25) - 6(9.8)(0.25) / ((.25^2) (m1 + m2)) = 13.1 Is that right? So the position of the center of mass doesn't really matter in this case? Thanks!
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    HELP Angular Acceleration

    A dumbbell consists of a slender rod of negligible mass and small spheres attached to each end with mass 12-kg and 6-kg respectively. It is pivoted at its center about a fixed horizontal frictionless axle and initially held in place horizontally. The length of the rod is 50 centimeters and...
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    Net Torque & Net Force: Exploring the Relationship

    if there is a net torque on a system does that mean there must be a net force on the system
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    Mechanics PLEASE HELP VERY SOON

    Suppose now that I want to calculate the tangential force. I set torque = I(alpha) = F(R) F = I(alpha) / R = (1/3)ML^2*(a/R) / R F = (1/3)ML^2*((g sin_theta)/(L/2)) / (L/2) I got that F_tangential = 4/3Mgsin_theta, but they got that the answer is 1/4 Mg sin_theta. What did I do...
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    Mechanics PLEASE HELP VERY SOON

    thanks Everything did come together. Thank you for your help!
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    Mechanics PLEASE HELP VERY SOON

    Mechanics...PLEASE HELP VERY SOON! Can someone please help me with this problem? I've been working on it for hours - anything would help thanks! A system consists of a uniform stick of length L and mass M hinged at one end. The hinge is released from rest at an angle theta_0 with respect to...
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    Rotational Motion: Who Reaches Bottom First?

    help! can someone please answer/
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    Rotational Motion: Who Reaches Bottom First?

    would the smaller inertia hoop be going faster or does it not matter? I think we did this experiment where we found acceleration to be g sin theta / (1 + c), where c was the constant of inertia. (i.e., 1/2 for a cylinder and 1 for a hoop).
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    Rotational Motion: Who Reaches Bottom First?

    I'm a lil confused: so by conservation of energy I have: mgh = 1/2mv^2 + 1/2Iw^2 mgh = 1/2mv^2 + 1/2I(v^2/r^2) V^2(1/2m + 1/2(I/R^2) = mgh v^2 = mgh / (1/2m + 1/2(I/R^2)) For spoke one, the mass is greater, so speed decreases... But wouldn't I be smaller? Wouldn't that increase...
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    Rotational Motion: Who Reaches Bottom First?

    re; The part of I'm confused on is this: The wheel with the spokes has more mass, which increases inertia and decreases speed. But it also has more mass concentrated around the radius, which increases speed...
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    Rotational Motion: Who Reaches Bottom First?

    Two hoops of identical radii roll without slipping down identical inclined planes under the influence of gravity. Hoop 1 is identical to Hoop 2 except for some massive spokes which are fixed to the rim. If the two hoops are released at the same time from the same height, which hoop makes it...
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    Simple momentum problems

    Hey, just want to double check on these: Rain falls vertically into an open boxcar coasting freely on a horizontal frictionless track. As a result the momentum of the system consisting of the boxcar plus accumulated water increases. - I said true - since there is no friction, velocity...
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    Elastic Collision: Who Experiences Larger Accel?

    A cart of mass M and a second cart of mass 2M collide head on elastically and bounce apart. Which cart experiences a larger magnitude of acceleration during the collision?
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    Magnitude of Total Momentum

    Say there was 2 collisions. There are 2 carts of identical mass. In the first case cart A starts at height h above the ground and crashes into cart B which is stationary on the flat ground. They stick together. In the second case, cart A starts at height h/2 above the ground, cart B starts at...
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    HELP Block up incline

    There's a block of mass M that's pulled up an incline by a force T. The block starts from rest and is pulled a distance L by the force T. The incline, which is frictionless, makes an angle (a) with respect to the horizontal. 1) Write down the work done by force T. That would just be W =...
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    HELP mechanics problems

    Thanks for your help! I just need one more clarification. So I understand that external forces are not the same as conservative forces, so then it's FALSE to state that if the work is done by conservative forces, then momentum is conserved?
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    HELP mechanics problems

    Hey, can any of you clarify a few things for me? I'd greatly appreciate it, thanks! If the work done on an object is by conservative forces, does that mean the momentum is conserved? I know if there aren't any external forces, then momentum is conserved. Does conservative forces mean no...
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    Really simple problem - can't get right answer

    Suppose a 50kg block slides along a horizontal surface where the coefficient of kinetic friction between the block and the surface is uk = 0.60. A force F = 400 N is now applied, where the angle of the force above horizontal is 20°. What is the magnitude of the acceleration of the...
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    Solve Circular Motion: Blocks on Turntable, ASAP!

    Circular Motion - please help ASAP! Two identical blocks are tied together with a string and placed along the same radius of a turntable that is spinning about its center. The inner block is 4 cm from the center and the outer block is 6 cm from the center. The coefficient of static friction...
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    Physics 1D problems: Please help

    and... thanks doc, but I still don't see how I can eliminate Vob...
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    Physics 1D problems: Please help

    Problem 1 Ball A is dropped from the top of a building of height H at the same instant ball B is thrown vertically upward from the ground. First consider the situation where the balls are moving in opposite directions when the collide. If the speed of ball A is m times the speed of ball B...
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    Find the distance d that places the final image at infinity.

    Anyone know how to solve the following problems? Thanks! 1.) An object is placed 12 cm to the left of a diverging lens of focal length -6cm. A converging lens of focal length 12 cm is placed a distance of d to the right of the diverging lens. Find the distance d that places the final image...
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