A 1 kg block slides down a frictionless semicircular track from a height, h, and collides with a second 3 kg block at the bottom. The two blocks stick together via some Velcro and slide up the other side of the track. Use g = 10 m/s2 in this problem. Express your answers in terms of height, h. a) What is the initial energy of the block? b) What is the velocity of the two blocks after the collision? c) What is the final height reached by the blocks?

A 1 kg block slides down a frictionless semicircular track from a height, h, and collides with a second 3 kg block at the bottom. The two blocks stick together via some Velcro and slide up the other side of the track. Use g = 10 m/s2 in this problem. Express your answers in terms of height, h. a) What is the initial energy of the block? b) What is the velocity of the two blocks after the collision? c) What is the final height reached by the blocks?

College Physics

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Author:Paul Peter Urone, Roger Hinrichs

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Chapter6: Uniform Circular Motion And Gravitation

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 38PE: Solve part (b) of Example 6.6 using ac=v2/r.

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