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The discussion revolves around AP Physics free response questions, specifically focusing on problem-solving techniques and understanding the underlying concepts related to dynamics and integration.

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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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  • #31
sorry for the random letters your responses don't come up on my comp otherwise
 
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  • #32
wait so would dv/dt just be 8/(1+5t)
 
  • #33
hsjsysgdsd
 
  • #34
harmonicmotion said:
sorry for the random letters your responses don't come up on my comp otherwise

I understand.

Now, as for d) assuming you manage c), it is perhaps simplest to remember that the impulse over a time interval equals the change in momentum over that interval.
 
  • #35
dhdyegstdff
 
  • #36
harmonicmotion said:
wait so would dv/dt just be 8/(1+5t)

No, that is v itself!

You must differentiate that expression to get the acceleration.
 
  • #37
isnt impulse also force times the change in time
 
  • #38
sorry i still can't figure out c
 
  • #39
harmonicmotion said:
isnt impulse also force times the change in time
Only if the force is constant.
If it is not constant, you must perform the integral of F over time.
Happily, this equal to the change of momentum over that time.
 
  • #40
hdysudjfgf
 
  • #41
harmonicmotion said:
sorry i still can't figure out c

Well, what is v?

differentiate that function!
 
  • #42
for c i got (500)(-40)(1+5t)^-2
 
  • #43
Oops!
Remember that the mass of the system consists of BOTH the masses, i.e, 1000+500=1500.
 
  • #44
gyhtdesrehh
 
  • #45
so for 500 i put 1500 and then its right?
 
  • #46
harmonicmotion said:
so for 500 i put 1500 and then its right?

That is correct.
 
  • #47
hyujiklofddss
 
  • #48
so d is (mv(final)-mv(initial))/(time)
 
  • #49
No, that would give you the average FORCE over that time interval.
Do not divide with time; the impulse is just the momentum difference.
 
  • #50
hyhndhstsy
 
  • #51
so 3000?
 
  • #52
hyujhjyuhj
 
  • #53
mkinjubhyt
 
  • #54
wait sorry i messed up
 
  • #55
-10909.09?
 
  • #56
nhymjumjuy
 
  • #57
harmonicmotion said:
wait sorry i messed up

Indeed you did.

You should get:

I=1500*(\frac{8}{11}-8)=-1500*\frac{80}{11}
 
  • #58
asdfghjkl;
 
  • #59
oh ok thank you so much!
 
  • #60
harmonicmotion said:
oh ok thank you so much!

You're welcome! :smile:
 

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