course Phy 121 This assignment was kind of difficult for me. I tried to figure out the questions by looking through the book. I asked some questions throughout and maybe with your answers I could begin to figure this sort of stuff out. žüÎM¢æáñìÛš™pÑn¶¶›ÃïñŽóÚ°´©¾assignment #016
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21:28:38 Class notes #15 When a projectile rolls off a ramp with its velocity in the horizontal direction, why do we expect that its horizontal range `dx will be proportional to the square root of its vertical displacement `dy rolling down the ramp?
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RESPONSE --> Since we use the change in time for both the horizontal and vertical components, they should be proportional. confidence assessment: 2
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21:32:15 ** Since the initial vertical velocity is zero the time of fall for a given setup will always be the same. Therefore the horizontal range is proportional to the horizontal velocity of the projectile. The horizontal velocity is attained as a result of vertical displacement `dy, with gravitational PE being converted to KE. PE loss is proportional to `dy, so the KE of the ball as it leaves the ramp will be proportional to `dy. Since KE = .5 m v^2, v is proportional to sqrt( KE ), therefore to sqrt(y). **
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RESPONSE --> I am not completely sure whay ""y"" is in this example. Is it the horizontal displacement? self critique assessment: 2
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21:36:56 In the preceding situation why do we expect that the kinetic energy of the ball will be proportional to `dy?
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RESPONSE --> If `dy is horizontal displacement, then I think that kinetic energy will be proportional to `dy because the PE has to become KE as the displacement is changing. confidence assessment: 2
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21:41:01 ** This question should have specified just the KE in the vertical direction. The kinetic energy of the ball in the vertical direction will be proportional to `dy. The reason: The vertical velocity attained by the ball is vf = `sqrt(v0^2 + 2 a `ds). Since the initial vertical velocity is 0, for distance of fall `dy we have vf = `sqrt( 2 a `dy ), showing that the vertical velocity is proportional to the square root of the distance fallen. Since KE is .5 m v^2, the KE will be proportional to the square of the velocity, hence to the square of the square root of `dy. Thus KE is proportional to `dy. **
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RESPONSE --> That's a lot of equations to think through. If I am reading this right we first think of it as proportional to final velocity and then proportional to KE using the equation .5mv^2. self critique assessment: 2
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21:44:17 Why do we expect that the KE of the ball will in fact be less than the PE change of the ball?
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RESPONSE --> I thought that the KE always equaled the PE of the ball since you have to have PE first and then the KE will be equal what the PE was after the motion. confidence assessment: 3
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21:45:31 ** STUDENT RESPONSE: Because actually some of the energy will be dissapated in the rotation of the ball as it drops? INSTRUCTOR COMMENT: Good, but note that rotation doesn't dissipate KE, it merely accounts for some of the KE. Rotational KE is recoverable--for example if you place a spinning ball on an incline the spin can carry the ball a ways up the incline, doing work in the process. The PE loss is converted to KE, some into rotational KE which doesn't contribute to the range of the ball and some of which simply makes the ball spin. ANOTHER STUDENT RESPONSE: And also the loss of energy due to friction and conversion to thermal energy. INSTRUCTOR COMMENT: Good. There would be a slight amount of air friction and this would dissipate energy as you describe here, as would friction with the ramp (which would indeed result in dissipation in the form of thermal energy). **
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RESPONSE --> Oh, I see that you were looking for something like friction or thermal energy. I thought it was something like the equations like the 2 previous questions. This would make sense that there would be slightly less KE than PE because of these factors. self critique assessment: 2
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21:49:33 The work required to stop the automobile, by the work-energy theorem, is equal and opposite to its change in kinetic energy: `dW = - `dKE. The initial KE of the automobile is .5 m v^2, and before calculating this we convert 105 km/hr to m/s: 105 km/hr = 105 km / hr * 1000 m / km * 1 hr / 3600 s = 29.1 m/s. Our initial KE is therefore KE = .5 m v^2 = .5 * 1250 kg * (29.1 m/s)^2 = 530,000 kg m^2 / s^2 = 530,000 J. The car comes to rest so its final KE is 0. The change in KE is therefore -530,000 J. It follows that the work required to stop the car is `dW = - `dKE = - (-530,000 J) = 530,000 J.
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RESPONSE --> I didn't get to answer this question because I pushed the next button to quickly. But my work was: mass = 1250 kg v = 105 km/hr KE = .5mv^2 = (.5)(1250)(105^2) = 6502500 J I didn't think about converting this to m/s which it needs to be in to do these equations. Other than that I think I solved the problem correctly. self critique assessment: 2
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21:52:52 prin and gen phy 6.26. spring const 440 N/m; stretch required to store 25 J of PE.
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RESPONSE --> This question was difficult for me. Is the stiffness constant, k, 440N/m a force? and if so, how to you go about finding the distance with just the potential energy? confidence assessment: 2
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21:59:25 The force exerted by a spring at equilibrium is 0, and the force at position x is - k x, so the average force exerted between equilibrium and position x is (0 + (-kx) ) / 2 = -1/2 k x. The work done by the spring as it is stretched from equilibrium to position x, a displacment of x, is therefore `dW = F * `ds = -1/2 k x * x = -1/2 k x^2. The only force exerted by the spring is the conservative elastic force, so the PE change of the spring is therefore `dPE = -`dW = - (-1/2 kx^2) = 1/2 k x^2. That is, the spring stores PE = 1/2 k x^2. In this situation k = 440 N / m and the desired PE is 25 J. Solving PE = 1/2 k x^2 for x (multiply both sides by 2 and divide both sides by k, then take the square root of both sides) we obtain x = +-sqrt(2 PE / k) = +-sqrt( 2 * 25 J / (440 N/m) ) = +- sqrt( 50 kg m^2 / s^2 / ( (440 kg m/s^2) / m) )= +- sqrt(50 / 440) sqrt(kg m^2 / s^2 * (s^2 / kg) ) = +- .34 sqrt(m^2) = +-.34 m. The spring will store 25 J of energy at either the +.34 m or the -.34 m position.
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RESPONSE --> Alright, with this equation it would certainly have been easy to solve this. I don't, however, think that I could have come up with this myself. I wasn't really sure how to go about solving this with the constant k, but I guess you kind of look at it like a function. self critique assessment: 2
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22:00:45 gen phy text problem 6.19 88 g arrow 78 cm ave force 110 N, speed? What did you get for the speed of the arrow?
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RESPONSE --> confidence assessment:
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22:00:49 ** 110 N acting through 78 cm = .78 m does work `dW = 110 N * .78 m = 86 Joules appxo.. If all this energy goes into the KE of the arrow then we have a mass of .088 kg with 86 Joules of KE. We can solve .5 m v^2 = KE for v, obtaining | v | = sqrt( 2 * KE / m) = sqrt(2 * 86 Joules / (.088 kg) ) = sqrt( 2000 kg m^2 / s^2 * 1 / kg) = sqrt(2000 m^2 / s^2) = 44 m/s, approx.. **
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RESPONSE --> self critique assessment:
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22:00:54 query univ phy 6.84 (6.74 10th edition) bow full draw .75 m, force from 0 to 200 N to 70 N approx., mostly concave down. What will be the speed of the .0250 kg arrow as it leaves the bow?
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RESPONSE --> confidence assessment:
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22:00:58 ** The work done to pull the bow back is represented by the area beneath the force vs. displacement curve. The curve could be approximated by a piecewise straight line from about 0 to 200 N then back to 70 N. The area beneath this graph would be about 90 N m or 90 Joules. The curve itself probably encloses a bit more area than the straight line, so let's estimate 100 Joules (that's probably a little high, but it's a nice round number). If all the energy put into the pullback goes into the arrow then we have a .0250 kg mass with kinetic energy 100 Joules. Solving KE = .5 m v^2 for v we get v = sqrt(2 KE / m) = sqrt( 2 * 100 Joules / ( .025 kg) ) = sqrt(8000 m^2 / s^2) = 280 m/s, approx. **
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RESPONSE --> self critique assessment:
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