A ball with a mass of #480 g# is projected vertically by a spring loaded contraption. The spring in the contraption has a spring constant of #24 (kg)/s^2# and was compressed by #8/9 m# when the ball was released. How high will the ball go?
1 Answer
Sep 29, 2017
6.28 m/s
Explanation:
If Spring compressed by
After Release spring loaded contraption Potential Energy Changes into Kinetic Energy. (Conservation of Energy)
Hence Mass of 480g has Kinetic Energy
Now Using Conservation of Energy