Mickey, a daredevil mouse of mass M, is attempting to become the world's first "mouse cannonball." He is loaded into a spring-powered gun pointing up at some angle, and is shot into the air. The gun's spring has force constant k and is initially compressed a distance L from its relaxed position. If Mickey has a constant horizontal speed v while he is flying through the air, how high above his initial location in the gun does Mickey soar? Find an expression for Mickey's maximum height hm in terms of M, v, L, k, and g. (kL² sin² o) 2gM

Mickey, a daredevil mouse of mass M, is attempting to become the world's first "mouse cannonball." He is loaded into a spring-powered gun pointing up at some angle, and is shot into the air. The gun's spring has force constant k and is initially compressed a distance L from its relaxed position. If Mickey has a constant horizontal speed v while he is flying through the air, how high above his initial location in the gun does Mickey soar? Find an expression for Mickey's maximum height hm in terms of M, v, L, k, and g. (kL² sin² o) 2gM

Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems

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Chapter3: Oscillations

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Problem 3.9P: A particle of mass m is at rest at the end of a spring (force constant = k) hanging from a fixed...

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