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A pendulum consists of a2.0kgstone swinging on astring of 4.0mnegligible mass. The stone has a speed of 8.0m/swhen it passes its lowest point.

  1. What is the speed when the string is at600to the vertical?
  2. What is the greatest angle with the vertical that the string will reach during the stone’s motion?
  3. 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?

Short Answer

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  1. The speed of the pendulum when the string is at 60oits vertical is5m/s
  2. The greatest angle with the vertical that the string will reach during the stone’s motion is localid="1663121936953" 794o
  3. The total mechanical energy of the system islocalid="1663121930325" 64J

Step by step solution

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Given

  1. A mass of pendulums, M=2.0kg
  2. Length of string,L=40m
  3. Velocity at its lowest point is,role="math" localid="1663122028568" V=80m/s
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Determining the concept

Using the energy conservation law, find the velocity at the lowest point. So, according to the conditions in the problem, find the velocity at the lowest point and the greatest angle of string also. According to the law of energy conservation, energy can neither be created nor destroyed.

Formula:

Energy=PE+KE=12mv2+mgh

where, KE is kinetic energy, PEis potential energy, m is mass, v is velocity, g is an acceleration due to gravity and h is height.

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(a) Determining the speed of the pendulum when the string is at to the vertical

From the figure,

h=L-Lcosθh=L1-cosθ

The total energy of the system is,

Etotal=KElowest=PEtop=KE+PEMedieval

At the top, the object has only potential energy, and at the lowest point, it has only kinetic energy. Therefore,

E=12mv2E=12282E=64J

From the law of conservation of energy, it is clear that,

E=KE+PE64J=12mv02+mgh64J=12mv02+mgL1-cosθ64J=12mv02+mgL-mgLcosθ64J=122.0v02+2.09.84.0-2.09.84.0cos6064J=v02+78.4-39.2v02=24.8v0=4.97=5m/s

Hence, the speed of pendulum when the string is at to the vertical is5m/s.

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(b) Determining the greatest angle with the vertical that the string will reach during the stone’s motion.

At the greatest angle, the velocity of stone will be zero. So, it has only potential energy.

So,

E=12mv2+mghE=0+mghE=mgL1-cosθ64=2.09.84.01-cosθ6478.4=1-cosθcosθ=1-0.8163θ=cos-10.1836θ=79.4°

Hence, the greatest angle with the vertical that the string will reach during stone’s motion is79.4°.

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(c) Determining the total mechanical energy of the system

As, it is already calculated,theenergy ofthesystem is64J , and the law of conservation of energy says that the energy ofthesystem will remain constant. So, the total mechanical energy is64J.

Hence, total mechanical energy of system is64J

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