Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-308-2

Chapter 8 - Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 249: 81

Answer

$7.20m/s$

Work Step by Step

We can find the required speed as follows: $\frac{1}{2}mv_A^2+0=0+mgy_B$ This simplifies to: $v_A=\sqrt{2gy_B}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $v_A=\sqrt{2(9.81)(2.64)}$ $v_A=7.20m/s$
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