Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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Chapter 8 - Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 247: 32

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(a) We know that $U=\frac{1}{2}Kx^2$ $\implies U=\frac{1}{2}K(0)^2=0J$ $K.E=\frac{1}{2}mv_i^2$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $K.E=\frac{1}{2}(1.4Kg)(0.95m/s)^2=0.63175J$ Total energy is given as $E=K.E+U=0.63175+0=0.63175J$ (b) We know that $U=\frac{1}{2}Kx^2$ We plug in the known values to obtian: $\implies U=\frac{1}{2}(734N/m)(1\times 10^{-2}m)^2=0.0367J$ Now the kinetic energy is given as $K.E=E-U$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $K.E=0.63175J-0.0367J=0.59505J$ (c) We know that $U=\frac{1}{2}Kx^2$ We plug in the known values to obtian: $\implies U=\frac{1}{2}(734N/m)(0.02m)^2=0.1468J$ Now the kinetic energy is given as $K.E=E-U$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $K.E=0.63175J-0.1468J=0.48495J$ (d) We know that $U=\frac{1}{2}Kx^2$ We plug in the known values to obtian: $\implies U=\frac{1}{2}(734N/m)(0.03m)^2=0.3303J$ Now the kinetic energy is given as $K.E=E-U$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $K.E=0.63175J-0.3303J=0.30145J$ (e) We know that $U=\frac{1}{2}Kx^2$ We plug in the known values to obtian: $\implies U=\frac{1}{2}(734N/m)(0.04m)^2=0.5872J$ Now the kinetic energy is given as $K.E=E-U$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $K.E=0.63175J-0.5872J=0.04455J$
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