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A 70 gram ball rolls off the edge of a table and falls freely to the floor 122 cm below. While in free fall it moves 40 cm in the horizontal direction. At the instant it leaves the edge it is moving only in the horizontal direction. In the vertical direction, at this instant it is moving neither up nor down so its vertical velocity is zero. For the interval of free fall:
• What are its final velocity in the vertical direction and its average velocity in the horizontal direction?
vertical vf = sqrt(v0^2+2a`ds) = sqrt(2*9.8m/s^2*1.22m) = 4.6m/s
`dt = `ds/vAve = 1.22m/2.3m/s = .53s; horizontal velocity = horizontal `ds / `dt, therefore, horizontal vAve = .04m/.53s = .08m/s
• Assuming zero acceleration in the horizontal direction, what are the vertical and horizontal components of its velocity the instant before striking the floor?
x component = .08m/s, y component = 4.6m/s
• What are its speed and direction of motion at this instant?
speed = sqrt((.08m/s)^2 + (4.6m/s)^2) = 4.6m/s; direction = tan^-1(-4.6/.08) + 360 = 271 degrees
Right procedure; horiz component is about .8 m/s, not .08 m/s. No need to correct, but be careful.
• What is its kinetic energy at this instant?
KEf = .5*.07kg*(4.6m/s)^2 = .74 J
• What was its kinetic energy as it left the tabletop?
KE0 = .5*.07kg*(0m/s)^2 = 0 J
The ball was moving at nearly 80 cm/s as it left the tabletop, so its KE wasn't zero.
• What is the change in its gravitational potential energy from the tabletop to the floor?
All of its PE in converted to KE, therefore, -.74 J.
• How are the the initial KE, the final KE and the change in PE related?
With initial KE = 0, all of our energy is PE. As KE increases, PE decreases simultaneously.
• How much of the final KE is in the horizontal direction and how much in the vertical?
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No need to submit a correction for the first part but the second part, starting with KE as the ball left the tabletop, needs some modification.