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(a) In Problem 7, what is the speed of the ball at the lowest point?

(b) Does the speed increase, decrease, or remain the same if the mass is increased?

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(a) Speed of ball at the lowest point is2.29m/s

(b) There is no effect of mass on speed.

Step by step solution

01

Step 1: Given

  1. Length of string,L=2.0m
  2. Angle of string with vertical,θ=30°
  3. Velocity,v=2.29m/s
  4. All the above values are taken as it is from the results of problem 7 of the same chapter.
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Determining the concept

Using the given values in problem 7 and energy conservation law, the velocity at the lowest point can be found. According to the law of energy conservation, energy can neither be created, nor be destroyed.

Formulae are as follow:

  1. Energy conservation law,Etotal=constant.
  2. Total energy,Etotal=KE+PE
  3. KE=12mv2
  4. PE=mgh

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

03

(a) Determining the speed of ball at the lowest point

From the geometry of the figure above,

h=L-Lcosθ

h=L1-cosθ

At the lowest point, the ball possesses only kinetic energy,

Etotal=constant

role="math" localid="1663140833799" KEi+PEi=KEf+PEf0+mgh=12mv2+0v=2ghv=2gL1-cosθ

After plugging the values,

v=29.82.01-cos30

v=2.29m/s

Hence, speed of ball at the lowest point is2.29m/s.

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(b) Determining the effect of mass on speed

As, the derived formula of velocity is,

v=2gL1-cosθ

It can be seen that it doesn’t depend on themass, so for different masses, the value of velocity will be the same.

Hence, there is no effect of mass on speed.

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