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1. A 50 g ice cube can slide without friction up and down a 30 degree slope. The ice cube is pressed against a spring at the bottom of the slope, compressing the spring 10 cm. The spring constant is 25 N/m.
a) When the ice cube is released, what total distance will it travel up the slope before reversing direction?
b) The ice cube is replaced by a 50 g plastic cube whose coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.20. How far will the plastic cube travel up the slope? Use work and energy.
masrnos 50X10 1) mass of ice, m= 50g - 50x10 kg . spring exert a force on ice cube, F = K2 or, F= 25X0.1 = 9.5 N natin E so, upward acceleration, au=/m au = 2:5_, = 50 m/s2 esery to Downward acceleration due to its me tha bracoio ang wught, an= g sino = 9.8 sin 30' =49 ms2 So, net upward acceleration, a= aurad = 4511 m/s² Now, initial velocity il velocity at contact point of spring is u, then, I mu² % x 2² i ore, u=vm X = 25.62*0.1 = 2.24 If d be the distance travel, then, v² u ² zad o r, 1dc na = (2.20)2 = 0.056 m = 5.6 cm 7-as) L 2x4501 1 by when ice is replaced by plastic of Xame mass. only friction includes on resultant upward force or acceleration . friction acts opposite to its motim. a friction force, f