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  • Participants discuss various attempts to solve parts of the problem, including calculations for mass and integration methods. Questions arise regarding the correctness of integration and the methods used to find acceleration and impulse.

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Participants are actively engaging with each other, providing hints and questioning each other's reasoning. Some guidance has been offered regarding the differentiation of functions and the relationship between impulse and momentum, though there is no explicit consensus on the methods being used.

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http://http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/ap/students/physics/physics_c_m_frq_02.pdf

PLEASE HELP
 
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1. You must state the problem
Yes, that means posting the problem here. At Pf.

2. You must show your own work.
 
http://http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/ap/students/physics/physics_c_m_frq_02.pdf"
 
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its the first question
 
the second link works i think
 
can you try it and let me know if i should type it
 
Okay second link works, so what have you done so far? :smile:
 
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are you still there
 
  • #11
Indeed, what have you done so far?
 
  • #12
i did a) and got 500 kg
 
  • #13
This isn't a chat room, it takes a few minutes before you get responses.
 
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on b i am trying to integrate and got x=(8/5)ln{1+5t}
 
  • #15
i really do not think that is correct though
 
  • #16
on a)+b), you are correct.
 
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harmonicmotion said:
i really do not think that is correct though

But it is.
 
  • #18
is integration the wrong method?
 
  • #19
oh ok thank you, I am having trouble with c and d though
 
  • #20
harmonicmotion said:
is integration the wrong method?

Eeh, do you even take time to read the replies you get??

Slow down a bit, will you?
 
  • #21
what is the best method to use
 
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harmonicmotion said:
oh ok thank you, I am having trouble with c and d though

Ok, now, is there some other quantity you can calculate by means of which you can calculate the force acting upon the object?
 
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I'm sorry i think my computer is on delay because the messages don't come up until after i send something else
 
  • #24
mass times acceleration?
 
  • #25
harmonicmotion said:
mass times acceleration?

Agreed!

So, how can you find acceleration? (you already know mass)
 
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  • #27
dv/dt? could that be used?
 
  • #28
use
Fnet=ma
 
  • #29
harmonicmotion said:
dv/dt? could that be used?
Sure!
Isn't that what acceleration is, after all?
 
  • #30
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