4. Tarzan swings down holding onto a 10 m long vine and picks Jane up as shown in the diagram to the right. a) Calculate Tarzan's speed just before he reaches Jane. b) What is their combined speed just after the collision? c) What is the tension in the vine just after the collision? d) How high do they swing after the collision? [14.14 m/s; 8.7 m/s; 2284.6 N; 3.379 m] Tarzan - 80 kg 90 10 m Jane 50 kg

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4. Tarzan swings down holding onto a 10 m long vine and picks Jane
up as shown in the diagram to the right. a) Calculate Tarzan's
speed just before he reaches Jane. b) What is their combined
speed just after the collision? c) What is the tension in the vine
just after the collision? d) How high do they swing after the
collision? [14.14 m/s; 8.7 m/s; 2284.6 N; 3.379 m]
Tarzan - 80 kg
90°
10 m
Jane
50 kg
5. A 5 kg block is suspended from a 200 N/m spring. A 2 kg block is
travelling at 10 m/s when it collides elastically with the 5 kg block.
(a) What is the initial stretch of the spring? How much potential
energy is stored in the spring at equilibrium? [6.25 J]
Natural
length
(b) What are the velocities of the 5 kg and 2 kg blocks just after the
collision? [5.71 m/s and -4.29 m/s]
Equilibrium
length
(c) What is the compression/stretch of the spring from its "natural"
length at the instant the 5 kg block's speed is zero? [0.653 m]
10m/s at
collision
Transcribed Image Text:4. Tarzan swings down holding onto a 10 m long vine and picks Jane up as shown in the diagram to the right. a) Calculate Tarzan's speed just before he reaches Jane. b) What is their combined speed just after the collision? c) What is the tension in the vine just after the collision? d) How high do they swing after the collision? [14.14 m/s; 8.7 m/s; 2284.6 N; 3.379 m] Tarzan - 80 kg 90° 10 m Jane 50 kg 5. A 5 kg block is suspended from a 200 N/m spring. A 2 kg block is travelling at 10 m/s when it collides elastically with the 5 kg block. (a) What is the initial stretch of the spring? How much potential energy is stored in the spring at equilibrium? [6.25 J] Natural length (b) What are the velocities of the 5 kg and 2 kg blocks just after the collision? [5.71 m/s and -4.29 m/s] Equilibrium length (c) What is the compression/stretch of the spring from its "natural" length at the instant the 5 kg block's speed is zero? [0.653 m] 10m/s at collision
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