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Hollysmoke
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Okay, I'm having a debate with my teacher. He's saying I'm wrong but I still think I'm right. The question is:
What should be the spring constant, k, of a spring designed to bring a 1200kg car to rest from a speed of 100km/h so that the occupants undergo a maximum acceleration of 5.0g?
He said to use the equations v2^2 = v1^2 + 2ad and 1/2mv2^2=1/2mv1^2+mad
I said ma=kx, ma/k=x
then 1/2mv^2=1/2k(ma/k)^2, solve for k and I get 3700, whereas he got 14,000. Could someone please help me out with this?
What should be the spring constant, k, of a spring designed to bring a 1200kg car to rest from a speed of 100km/h so that the occupants undergo a maximum acceleration of 5.0g?
He said to use the equations v2^2 = v1^2 + 2ad and 1/2mv2^2=1/2mv1^2+mad
I said ma=kx, ma/k=x
then 1/2mv^2=1/2k(ma/k)^2, solve for k and I get 3700, whereas he got 14,000. Could someone please help me out with this?