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A pendulum consists of a 4.2 kg stone swinging on a 3.8 m string of negligible mass. The stone has a speed of 9.3 m/s when it passes its lowest point. (a) What is the speed when the string is at 54° to the vertical? (b) What is the greatest angle with the vertical that the string will reach during the stone's motion? (c) If the potential energy of the pendulum-Earth system is taken to be zero at the stone's lowest point, what is the total mechanical energy of the system?

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posted by Justin_08 on 10/10/2008 1:56:03 PM  |  status: Live
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           Given that the mass of the string  m = 4.2 Kg
           The length of the string is L = 3.8 m
            At the lowest point the velocity is  U = 9.3 m/s
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       The angle is  θ1 =  54
  
      apply conservation at the lowest point and   an angle θ1 is 
 
                     (1/2)mU2 + 0 = mgh + (1/2) mV2      
                                    U2  = 2gL(1-cosθ1) + V2   
                                    V = (  U2  -  2gL(1-cosθ1) )1/2 
                                        = ------------- m/s
 
  
           where  V is the velocity of the body at the an angle θ1  
 
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        From the conservation of energy the maximum angle reached by the body is 
                           (1/2)mU2 + 0 = mgh
                                           U2  = 2gL(1-cosθ) 
                                            cosθ =1 - ( U2 / 2gL)
                                            
   then we get  the angle is θ = ----------  degrees
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   The total mechanical energy  of the system  is  T.E  =  (1/2)mU2  +  0 
                                                                                 = (1/2)mU2 
                                                                                 = ---------J  
 
  since the potential energy at the lowest point is  0  so the toatal mechanical energy is equal to the  kinetic energy at the
 lowest point .
 
 
                 
 
 
                           
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