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Tcecarenko [31]

2 years ago

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For a group class project, students are building model roller coasters. Each roller coaster needs to begin at the top of the fir

st hill, where a horizontal spring that is initially compressed 0.25 m will push a small car forward. Each group of students will choose a car and a spring to push the car and then build a track. The assignment is to make the car go 5.0 m/s when it reaches the bottom of the first hill. Four groups of students choose springs and build tracks as described in the table. Which group’s roller coaster will most likely make the car travel closest to 5.0 m/s when it is at the bottom of the first hill?
Group Car Mass (Kg) Spring Constant (N/m) Hill Height (m)
A .75 kg 65 N/m 1.2 m
B .60 kg 35 N/m .9 m
C .55 kg 40 N/m 1.1 m
D .84 kg 32 N/m .95 m

2 answers:

abruzzese [7]2 years ago

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Case A :

A .75 kg 65 N/m 1.2 m

m = mass of car = 0.75 kg

k = spring constant of the spring = 65 N/m

h = height of the hill = 1.2 m

x = compression of spring = 0.25 m

Using conservation of energy between Top of hill and Bottom of hill

Total energy at Top of hill = Total energy at Bottom of hill

spring energy + potential energy = kinetic energy

(0.5) k x² + mgh = (0.5) m v²

(0.5) (65) (0.25)² + (0.75 x 9.8 x 1.2) = (0.5) (0.75) v²

v = 5.4 m/s

Case B :

B .60 kg 35 N/m .9 m

m = mass of car = 0.60 kg

k = spring constant of the spring = 35 N/m

h = height of the hill = 0.9 m

x = compression of spring = 0.25 m

Using conservation of energy between Top of hill and Bottom of hill

Total energy at Top of hill = Total energy at Bottom of hill

spring energy + potential energy = kinetic energy

(0.5) k x² + mgh = (0.5) m v²

(0.5) (35) (0.25)² + (0.60 x 9.8 x 0.9) = (0.5) (0.60) v²

v = 4.6 m/s

Case C :

C .55 kg 40 N/m 1.1 m

m = mass of car = 0.55 kg

k = spring constant of the spring = 40 N/m

h = height of the hill = 1.1 m

x = compression of spring = 0.25 m

Using conservation of energy between Top of hill and Bottom of hill

Total energy at Top of hill = Total energy at Bottom of hill

spring energy + potential energy = kinetic energy

(0.5) k x² + mgh = (0.5) m v²

(0.5) (40) (0.25)² + (0.55 x 9.8 x 1.1) = (0.5) (0.55) v²

v = 5.1 m/s

Case D :

D .84 kg 32 N/m .95 m

m = mass of car = 0.84 kg

k = spring constant of the spring = 32 N/m

h = height of the hill = 0.95 m

x = compression of spring = 0.25 m

Using conservation of energy between Top of hill and Bottom of hill

Total energy at Top of hill = Total energy at Bottom of hill

spring energy + potential energy = kinetic energy

(0.5) k x² + mgh = (0.5) m v²

(0.5) (32) (0.25)² + (0.84 x 9.8 x 0.95) = (0.5) (0.84) v²

v = 4.6 m/s

hence closest is in case C at 5.1 m/s

Bas_tet [7]2 years ago

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The answer is C. I just took the test on edge.

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