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A small block of mass m1 = 0.600 kg is released from rest at the top of a curved wedge of mass m2 = 4.50 kg, which sits on a frictionless horizontal surface as in Figure P6.59a. When the block leaves the wedge, its velocity is measured to be 4.00 m/s to the right, as in Figure P6.59b.

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What is the height h of the wedge?

Isn't this problem just conservation of energy
I did
KE+PE initial = KE + PE final
0 + mgh = 1/2 mv^2 + 0 and solve for h v is 4.0 m/s
9.8 h = 8
h= .82
but it saids i am wrong, please help
 
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SamTsui86 said:
A small block of mass m1 = 0.600 kg is released from rest at the top of a curved wedge of mass m2 = 4.50 kg, which sits on a frictionless horizontal surface as in Figure P6.59a. When the block leaves the wedge, its velocity is measured to be 4.00 m/s to the right, as in Figure P6.59b.

p6-59.gif


What is the height h of the wedge?

Isn't this problem just conservation of energy
I did
KE+PE initial = KE + PE final
0 + mgh = 1/2 mv^2 + 0 and solve for h v is 4.0 m/s
9.8 h = 8
h= .82
but it saids i am wrong, please help
It is not just conservation of energy, and you have not accounted for all of the energy. The wedge is not stationary in this problem. What is conserved?
 
oh i understand now, i have to include the kinetic energy of the wedge in the formula, thank you
 
SamTsui86 said:
oh i understand now, i have to include the kinetic energy of the wedge in the formula, thank you
And you have to include another conservation principle