Ch 07: Potential Energy & Conservation
Chapter 7, Problem 7
A slingshot will shoot a 10-g pebble 22.0 m straight up. (b) With the same potential energy stored in the rubber band, how high can the slingshot shoot a 25-g pebble? (c) What physical effects did you ignore in solving this problem?
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A spring of negligible mass has force constant k = 800 N/m. (a) How far must the spring be compressed for 1.20 J of potential energy to be stored in it?
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