PHY 121
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A rubber band begins exerting a tension force when its length is 8 cm. As it is stretched to a length of 10 cm its tension increases with length, more or less steadily, until at the 10 cm length the tension is 3 Newtons.
• Between the 8 cm and 10 cm length, what are the minimum and maximum tensions?
8*3=24
10*3=30
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• Assuming that the tension in the rubber band is 100% conservative (which is not actually the case) what is its elastic potential energy at the 10 cm length?
100/10=10
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• If all this potential energy is transferred to the kinetic energy of an initially stationary 20 gram domino, what will be the velocity of the domino?
20/10=2
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• If instead the rubber band is used to 'shoot' the domino straight upward, then how high will it rise?
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