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quietrain
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hi, if we drop a piece of meat say 1kg from 1m above the plate, on a plate 2kg, and the plate is on a weighing scale of spring F=kx, how do we find how much the spring will first compress? ( not referring to the equilibrium where total weight = spring force)
so we can't use F=kx = mg here because the mg is for the piece of meat only, but how do i take into account the plate?
and even without the plate, when i first drop the meat from height 1m above the scale, the spring will still compress more than when it reaches equilibrium (mg=kx). so how do i find this initial compression ?
thanks
so we can't use F=kx = mg here because the mg is for the piece of meat only, but how do i take into account the plate?
and even without the plate, when i first drop the meat from height 1m above the scale, the spring will still compress more than when it reaches equilibrium (mg=kx). so how do i find this initial compression ?
thanks