Applying Newton's Laws Projected Up an Incline

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A block is projected up a frictionless incline at an initial speed of 3.43 m/s and an angle of 32.5°. To find how far it goes up the plane, the distance can be calculated using the formula d = v * T, yielding a distance of 2.31 m with a time of 0.674 seconds to reach the peak. For the speed upon returning to the bottom, the equations of motion can be applied, indicating that the block will return at the same speed of 3.43 m/s but in the opposite direction. There is some confusion regarding the variable 'T' in the distance calculation, but the time calculated for the ascent is debated, with one user suggesting a value of 0.651 seconds instead. Overall, the discussion focuses on applying Newton's laws and the equations of motion to solve the incline problem.
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Projected Up an Incline A block is projected up a frictionless inclined plane with initial speed v1 = 3.43 m/s. The angle of incline is θ = 32.5°.
(a) How far up the plane does it go?

(b) How long does it take to get there?

(c) What is its speed when it gets back to the bottom?



What i got soo far
v * T = d

a) 3.43 * .674 = 2.31 m


b)vi = 3.43
vf = 0
a = - 9.80 sin32.5
t = ?

t = (vf - vi) / a
t = 3.43 / (9.80 sin32.5)
t = 0.674




c) don't even know where to begin on this one
 
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You can solve the problem using the equations of motion

vf2 = vi2 +2ad ---------(1)
vf = vi + at --------(2)
where vf and vi are the final and initial velocity respectively and a is the acceleration, t is the time

Using equation (1), you can solve for d
and using (2) you can solve for t

For the third question, you have to consider the distance the block has traveled
and the block would have this length of 'track' to go back to the bottom.

So, again you can use (1) to solve for vf
(which must equal to 3.43m/s, to the opposite direction)

i don't get what is 'T' used for question a
your working for b is correct but i get 0.651s as my answer, using the same working
 
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