Consider a frictionless track as shown in the figure below. A block of mass m, = 2.00 kg is released from point O from a height of h = 1.15 m. It makes a perfectly inelastic collision at point ® with a blockof mass m, = 2.00 kg that is initially at rest. After the collision, the block of mass m, moves to the right and collides with a spring at point ©. The spring is attached to a wall and has a spring constant of8.81 kN/m.Amhm2B(a) Calculate the energy loss during the collision. Enter the magnitude.4.0(b) Calculate the maximum compression of the spring.4.0cm(c) Instead of an inelastic collision, consider a head-on elastic collision at point ®. During this specific elastic collision when the masses are equal, m,transfers its kinetic energy to m, and as aresult, m, comes to rest. Calculate the maximum compression of the spring.4.0cm

As the block of mass m1 = 2 kg is released from the height h = 1.15 m so the kinetic energy of the…

Consider a frictionless track as shown in the figure below. A block of mass m, = 2.00 kg is released from point O from a height of h = 1.15 m. It makes a perfectly inelastic collision at point ® with a block of mass m, = 2.00 kg that is initially at rest. After the collision, the block of mass m, moves to the right and collides with a spring at point ©. The spring is attached to a wall and has a spring constant of 8.81 kN/m. h (a) Calculate the energy loss during the collision. Enter the magnitude. (b) Calculate the maximum compression of the spring. cm (c) Instead of an inelastic collision, consider a head-on elastic collision at point ®. During this specific elastic collision when the masses are equal, m, transfers its kinetic energy to m, and as a result, m, comes to rest. Calculate the maximum compression of the spring. cm

Consider a frictionless track as shown in the figure below. A block of mass m, = 2.00 kg is released from point O from a height of h = 1.15 m. It makes a perfectly inelastic collision at point ® with a block of mass m, = 2.00 kg that is initially at rest. After the collision, the block of mass m, moves to the right and collides with a spring at point ©. The spring is attached to a wall and has a spring constant of 8.81 kN/m. h (a) Calculate the energy loss during the collision. Enter the magnitude. (b) Calculate the maximum compression of the spring. cm (c) Instead of an inelastic collision, consider a head-on elastic collision at point ®. During this specific elastic collision when the masses are equal, m, transfers its kinetic energy to m, and as a result, m, comes to rest. Calculate the maximum compression of the spring. cm

University Physics Volume 1

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Chapter8: Potential Energy And Conservation Of Energy

Section: Chapter Questions

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