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Nov 13 2013 05:17am
still need help with letter f
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Nov 13 2013 06:45am
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Conservation of energy tells us:
(current energy of system) = (initial energy of system)
(current energy of car) + (current energy of spring) = (initial energy of car) +(initial energy of spring)
(current kinetic energy of car) + (current potential energy of car) + (current potential energy of spring) + (current kinetic energy of spring) = (initial kinetic energy of car) + (initial potential energy of car) +(initial kinetic energy of spring) +(initial potential energy of spring)
the strike through parts are all 0, therefore:
(current kinetic energy of car) + (current potential energy of spring) = (initial kinetic energy of car)

(current kinetic energy of car) = (1/2)*2200*v^2
(current potential energy of spring) = (1/2)*k*x^2 = (1/2)*k*x^2 = (1/2)*850*1.5^2
(initial kinetic energy of car) = (1/2)*m*v^2 = (1/2)*2200*1.7^2
plugging those in:

(1/2)*2200*v^2 + (1/2)*850*1.5^2 = (1/2)*2200*1.7^2

v = 1.4 m/s

This post was edited by Azrad on Nov 13 2013 07:04am
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