physicsgirl
Oct 14, 2007, 01:54 PM
A wooden block with mass 1.55 kg is placed against a compressed spring at the bottom of a slope inclined at an angle of 32.0 degrees (point A). When the spring is released, it projects the block up the incline. At point B, a distance of 4.45 m up the incline from A, the block is moving up the incline at a speed of 5.75 m/s and is no longer in contact with the spring. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the block and incline is 0.45. The mass of the spring is negligible.
Calculate the amount of potential energy that was initially stored in the spring.
Take free fall acceleration to be 9.80 m/s^2.
Can someone please help me with this? I have no idea how to do it. Thanks!
Calculate the amount of potential energy that was initially stored in the spring.
Take free fall acceleration to be 9.80 m/s^2.
Can someone please help me with this? I have no idea how to do it. Thanks!