Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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Chapter 8 - Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy - Problems - Page 205: 39a

Answer

$v_{B} \approx2.13\frac{m}{s}$

Work Step by Step

İnitial kinetic energy of particle is: $E_{k_{0}}=\dfrac {mv^{2}_{0}}{2}=\dfrac {0.9\times 7^{2}}{2}=22.05J$ Potential Energy difference between point A and B is $\Delta U=U_{B}-U_{A}=35-15=20J$ $20 J < E_{k_{0}}$ so particle can reach $x=0$ and the kinetic energy at that time when it reaches $x=0$ will be: $E_{k_{0}}+U_{A}=E_{k}+U_{B}\Rightarrow E_{k}=U_{A}+E_{k_{0}}-U_{B}=15+22.05-35=2.05J$ Then, $\dfrac {mv^{2}_{B}}{2}=E_{k}\Rightarrow v_{B}=\sqrt {\dfrac {2E_{k}}{m}}=\sqrt {\dfrac {2\times 2.05}{0.9}}\approx 2.13\dfrac {m}{s}$
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